Break Up the Dance
Youths get ready for a party, decorating the dance floor, cleaning out the fountain of a pond. That evening, the party starts and guests arrive: everyone has a ticket, and a guy at the gate, wearing a formal shirt, tails, and shorts, makes sure only those with tickets gain entrance.
From the archive
Wikipedia: "...a short film written and directed by Roman Polanski in 1957. According to Roman Polanski's autobiography, the film was a stunt which nearly got him thrown out of Lodz film school; Polanski had organized a groups of "Thugs" to go to a school dance and begin disrupting it. As the band played "When the Saints Go Marching In," some students were actually beaten up. The ironic alternate title is "Break Up the Dance"." Other R. Polanski short films... "Mammals" ["Ssaki"] [1962] http://www.archive.org/details/mammalsssaki1962 "The Fat and the Lean" ["Le Gros et le Maigre"] [1961] http://www.archive.org/details/theFatAndTheLeanleGrosEtLeMaigre1961 "Two Men and a Wardrobe" ["Dwaj Ludzie z Szafa"] [1958] http://www.archive.org/details/twoMenAndAWardrobedwajLudzieZSzafa1958
Why this is free to watch
Break Up the Dance (1957) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. No signup, no payment and no advertising interrupts playback. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Roman Polanski
Player shortcuts
- Space Play / pause
- ← → Skip 10s
- ↑ ↓ Volume
- M Mute
- F Fullscreen
- 0–9 Jump to %
