%0 Journal Article
%T Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989
%A Zwierzchowski, Piotr
%J Studia Religiologica
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/20844077SR.21.006.13930
%N Volume 54 Issue 1
%P 81-94
%K Polish cinema, images of Catholic priests, Clergy, Wojciech Smarzowski
%@ 0137-2432
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/clergy-kler-by-wojciech-smarzowski-the-image-of-catholic-priests-in-polish-movies-after-1989
%X 
	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.