Lampa (film)

Lampa
Directed by	Roman Polanski
Written by	Roman Polanski
Cinematography	Krzysztof Romanowski
Country	Poland

Lampa (English: The Lamp) is one of Polish director Roman Polanski's early short films. The eight-minute piece, released in 1959, was the diploma film of a classmate of his, Krzysztof Romanowski, who was the cinematographer of the film,[1] but Polanski directed it.[2]

Plot

An elderly dollmaker is hard at work in his shop. Once he's headed off home, the film focuses on apparent whisperings amongst the miscellaneous doll-parts he's left behind. The shop then goes on to catch fire, but this remains unnoticed by the passers-by. Polanski can be glimpsed in a cameo role as a passer-by outside the shop.

References

1. Mazierska, Ewa (15 June 2007). Roman Polanski: The Cinema of a Cultural Traveller. I.B.Tauris. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-84511-296-7.
2. Ain-Krupa, Julia (2010). Roman Polanski: A Life in Exile. ABC-CLIO. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-313-37780-8.

External links

• Lampa at IMDb