The English title of this film is "Two Men and a Wardrobe" and that pretty much describes director Roman Polanski's very first directorial effort more than 50 years ago pretty adequately. It's shot exclusively in black and white and shows us in its roughly 15 minutes running time how two men rise from the sea to the land carrying a wardrobe for some reason. We witness the struggles that they face during their journey when meeting other people until they finally return to the sea again.
There's really nothing outstanding or particularly memorable about this short film. As a whole, it's pretty boring and the soundtrack can't save it.The one thing which was at least slightly interesting was Polanski, in his mid20s back then having a cameo that actually is pretty similar to the one he has in Chinatown 15 years later. In any case, if you want to brag about having seen Mr. Polanski's full body of work, this one's for you, otherwise there's many better short films from notable directors during their very early years out there. I'm fairly certain that, without the big name attached to it, this film would have sunken into oblivion a long time ago. If you still want to see it, don't be scared of the title. There is no audible dialog included, so not being able to speak or understand Polish won't come as an obstacle.
There's really nothing outstanding or particularly memorable about this short film. As a whole, it's pretty boring and the soundtrack can't save it.The one thing which was at least slightly interesting was Polanski, in his mid20s back then having a cameo that actually is pretty similar to the one he has in Chinatown 15 years later. In any case, if you want to brag about having seen Mr. Polanski's full body of work, this one's for you, otherwise there's many better short films from notable directors during their very early years out there. I'm fairly certain that, without the big name attached to it, this film would have sunken into oblivion a long time ago. If you still want to see it, don't be scared of the title. There is no audible dialog included, so not being able to speak or understand Polish won't come as an obstacle.