When Angels Fall

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When Angels Fall (Gdy spadają anioly)
Directed by	Roman Polański
Written by	Roman Polański
Starring	Barbara Lass Roman Polański Henryk Kluba Andrzej Kondratiuk
Music by	Krzysztof Komeda
Cinematography	Henryk Kucharski

When Angles Fall, or Gdy spadają anioły, was a short film written and directed by Roman Polański in 1959. The idea for the film was taken from a short story "Klozet Babcia" (aka "Toilet Granny"), written by Leszek Szymański and published in the weekly "Kierunki" in Warsaw, Poland. The film was Polanski's first one produced in color.

The film, told mostly in flashback, portrays a toilet granny who reminisces about her former life while daydreaming at her dreary job.

(Note:The Polanski film is unrelated to the 1985 stage play When Angels Fall by Michael Jones and Linda Renye.)

1 Production notes
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

[edit] Production notes

During the World War II flashback scene, the lead character is played by Polański in drag.
Polański cast seventeen-year-old Basia Kwiatkowska, later Barbara Lass, to play the lead character in the earliest flashbacks. The two were later married for a short time.
An alternative English title is often "When Angels Fall Down...".

[edit] References

Stafford, Jeff. Special Event: Roman Polanski Shorts. Behind the Camera: The Short Circuit. Turner Classic Movies website. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.

[edit] Further reading

Leaming, Barbara (1981). Polanski, The Filmmaker as Voyeur: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671249851.
Parker, John (1994). Polanski. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. ISBN 0575056150.