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W filmie beztrosko, zachłannie rzuca się na jedzenie. U Żeromskiego zaś "nie rychło podniósł łyżkę do ust", jadł "z sakramentalnym namaszczeniem". U Żeromskiego legioniści polscy we Włoszech, choć obdarci i bosi, "szli wielkim, twardym, młodym, niestrudzonym krokiem".
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So little here left of Zeromski! No subtlety, no understanding of man, no complexity of attitudes, no human warmth in depicting the country and its people, and no trace of that personal tone of blame that comes from personal heartbreak. Cold, hard contours, unequivocality and blackness - everything has been sharpened, brutalized and tediously "explained to the nth degree". Just two examples out of scores possible: Zeromski's Rafal fears that dining with the Prince he will make a fool of himself, while his screen counterpart thoughtlessly, greedily tackles the food. Zeromski had wanted him "to hesitate before lifting the spoon to his mouth" and to eat "with sacramental ceremony". In Zeromski's novel, the Polish Legionnaires in Italy, although ragged and barefooted, "marched in a great stride, tough, young and tireless". In the film, they shuffle along in a stiff, artificial halfstep, like churchyard beggars or emaciated pensioners.
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