TY - JOUR TI - Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989 AU - Zwierzchowski, Piotr TI - Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989 AB - 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. VL - 2021 IS - Volume 54 Issue 1 PY - 2021 SN - 0137-2432 C1 - 2084-4077 SP - 81 EP - 94 DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.21.006.13930 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/clergy-kler-by-wojciech-smarzowski-the-image-of-catholic-priests-in-polish-movies-after-1989 KW - Polish cinema KW - images of Catholic priests KW - Clergy KW - Wojciech Smarzowski