Zaklęte rewiry of Janusz Majewski from 1975 by the novel of Henryk Worcell as an example of an ever-current adaptation of a film literary work

Abstract

Henryk Worcell's novel Zaklęte rewiry from 1936 is one of the most famous epic works from the inter-war period in Polish literature. After the announcement of the first edition, it aroused great interest and controversy as an example of environmental literature. The work presents the professional environment of employees of catering establishments, mainly waiters. Critics of employers were presented. The author appealed to his personal experience, because he himself worked in Kraków as a waiter. In 1975 a film adaptation was created – Zaklęte rewiry of Janusz Majewski. The author of the article compares the film and the novel. He tries to answer the question about the significance of Majewski's film for popularizing the book of Worcell. He discusses the reception of this image, constantly having recipients. It evokes opinions and questions of contemporary viewers. It refers to the issue of social relevance of both works. It emphasizes the universality of the novel and film message – timelessness and the fact that the problems presented by the creator of the literary original and the film director can be generalized, referring them to all professional environments. As a source base, it uses, in addition to the text of the novel and the editing of the film on DVD, printed sources, especially memoirs and journals, as well as press reviews. He also refers to other audio-visual sources than Majewski's film. He presents the results of an online query he has conducted, examining the current reception of the film adaptation of Worcell's novel.