Tadeusz Kantor Umara klasa (Dead class) English subtitles

“One of the most famous theater masterpieces of the 20th century in which Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) talks about dying that starts in your childhood. He makes use of mannequin-corpses on stage. Those figures would become a symbol of his Theater of the Dead. Kantor started to think about staging the performance in the summer 1972, in Bielkowo near Osieki, after he glimpsed through the window into an empty classroom with rows of school benches. Kantor then realized the power of memory. Even over emptiness and death. He imagined the pupils, now long dead. The performance featured dotards sitting on the benches, resembling mannequins or the dead. They were meant to symbolize victims of 20th century wars, including Holocaust victims. They walked round the benches to the rhythm of a Francoise waltz, dragging mannequins that represented their younger selves. The performance was staged almost two and a half thousand times worldwide. It was recorded live three times. Andrzej Wajda filmed