---
title: 'Camera Buff (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Krzysztof Kieślowski'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/camera-buff-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078763/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Camera Buff (1979)

1979 · 109 min · Drama · Poland

Original title: Amator

## Synopsis

Camera Buff is a 1979 Polish comedy-drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life. Camera Buff won the Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award and the FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival Otto Dibelius Film Award in 1980.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/krzysztof-kieslowski)
- **Screenplay:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/krzysztof-kieslowski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Krzysztof Knittel](https://cinepixo.com/people/krzysztof-knittel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jacek Petrycki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacek-petrycki)
- **Editor:** [Halina Nawrocka](https://cinepixo.com/people/halina-nawrocka)

## Cast

- [Andrzej Jurga](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-jurga) as self
- [Tadeusz Bradecki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-bradecki) as Witek Jachowicz, przyjaciel Filipa
- [Marek Litewka](https://cinepixo.com/people/marek-litewka) as Piotrek Krawczyk, sąsiad Filipa
- [Teresa Szmigielówna](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-szmigielowna)
- [Krzysztof Wierzbicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/krzysztof-wierzbicki)
- [Małgorzata Zabkowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ma-gorzata-zabkowska) as Irka, żona Filipa
- [Krzysztof Zanussi](https://cinepixo.com/people/krzysztof-zanussi) as self
- [Włodzimierz Maciudziński](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-odzimierz-maciudzinski) as Stelmaszczyk
- [Jerzy Nowak](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-nowak) as Stanisław Osuch, kierownik Filipa
- [Feliks Szajnert](https://cinepixo.com/people/feliks-szajnert)
- [Stefan Czyzewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-czyzewski) as Halski, dyrektor fabryki
- [Aleksandra Kisielewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandra-kisielewska) as sekretarka Hania
- [Tadeusz Huk](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-huk)
- [Ewa Pokas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-pokas) as Anna Włodarczyk
- [Alicja Bienicewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/alicja-bienicewicz) as Jaśka

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/camera-buff-1979
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2417978); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.