TY - JOUR N2 - The author refers to Roland Barthes’s early concept of mythology in analyzing the films of Jerzy Kawalerowicz, one of the most outstanding Polish directors of the twentieth century. He interprets three of Kawalerowicz’s films, Pociąg [Night Train], Matka Joanna od Aniołów [Mother Joan of the Angels] and Faraon [Pharoah], which are read in the mythological register and in the political context. First the statements of the director in regard to each film are presented, then the judgments of film critics are provided, and finally the author gives his own interpretation. Night Train is shown as a film addressing the wrongs of the Stalinist era, and the problem of a totalitarian state. Mother Joanne of the Angels questions the sense of ideology in a totalitarian world, and is partially the director’s search for political identity, while Pharoah is a look at the post-October reformers and the reasons for their failure. Pharoah also provides a new vision of the state. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/116348/PDF-MASTER/KiS.2019.63.3.9.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/116348 PY - 2019 IS - No 3 EP - 201 KW - political mythology KW - political culture KW - propaganda KW - totalitarianism KW - Polish literature KW - Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s films A1 - Nieć, Mateusz PB - Komitet Socjologii PAN PB - Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN DA - 2019.09.30 T1 - The Political Mythology of Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s Early Films SP - 171 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/116348 T2 - Kultura i Społeczeństwo ER -