Cultural portrait of Silesians in Kazimierz Kutz’s “tryptyk śląski” (Silesian triptych)

Abstract

The article focuses on Kazimierz Kutz’s vision of Silesians shown in tryptyk śląski (Silesian triptych). The author aims to grasp and analyze how the director perceives and depicts people of Silesia in his three most known films concerning this region. Furthermore, he takes a comparative approach, confronting the director’s vision with historical data and the views of other people interested in the identity of Silesians. Two aspects are crucial in this article: how Kutz shows Silesians in his films and why he shows them in that manner. Often however, the director’s vision is inconsistent with historical facts.