@article{140d2cce-695d-4f00-a73d-2131822c94c4, author = {Piotr Zwierzchowski}, title = {Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989}, journal = {Studia Religiologica}, volume = {2021}, number = {Volume 54 Issue 1}, year = {2021}, issn = {0137-2432}, pages = {81-94},keywords = {Polish cinema; images of Catholic priests; Clergy; Wojciech Smarzowski}, abstract = {Clergy (Kler, 2018) by Wojciech Smarzowski has aroused great controversy and many discussions about the position and role of the Catholic Church in contemporary Poland. I would like to look at the portraits of priests in the film in relation to the images previously created in Polish cinema. I am not going to analyze particular examples, but point to selected motifs and characters in order to interpret the images of clergymen and the church in their context. I will consider both the construction of individual characters and the image of the Catholic Church as an institution.}, doi = {10.4467/20844077SR.21.006.13930}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/clergy-kler-by-wojciech-smarzowski-the-image-of-catholic-priests-in-polish-movies-after-1989} }