Innocent Sorcerers

Innocent Sorcerers
Original Polish poster by Wojciech Fangor
Niewinni czarodzieje
Directed by	Andrzej Wajda
Written by	Jerzy Andrzejewski Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring	Tadeusz Łomnicki Krystyna Stypułkowska Wanda Koczewska Kalina Jędrusik-Dygat Zbigniew Cybulski
Cinematography	Krzysztof Winiewicz
Edited by	Wiesława Otocka
Music by	Krzysztof T. Komeda
Production companies	Film Polski Zespół Realizatorów Filmowych „KADR”
Distributed by	Contemporary Films Janus Films
Release date	December 17, 1960 (1960-12-17)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Innocent Sorcerers (Polish: Niewinni czarodzieje) is a 1960 Polish psychological romantic drama film^[1] directed by Andrzej Wajda, and starring Tadeusz Łomnicki and Krystyna Stypułkowska. Its plot follows a young womanizer meeting another yet finally interesting girl, who all but forces herself into his apartment where they play the game of appearances, unable to confess their love to each other.

The film was appreciated with Diploma of Merit at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1961.^[2] In Poland however, though well received by the audience,^[3][4] Innocent Sorcerers was met with criticism from both the then communist authorities and the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, since its release the film has garnered acclaim from film critics, similarly to its worldwide reception to date. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese recognized Innocent Sorcerers as one of the masterpieces of Polish cinema and in 2013 he selected it for screening in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom as part of the Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema festival of Polish films.^[5]