| Daas | |
| Director: | Adrian Panek |
| Producer: | Lambros Ziotas |
| Starring: | Andrzej Chyra Mariusz Bonaszewski Danuta Stenka Olgierd Łukaszewicz |
| Cinematography: | Arkadiusz Tomiak |
| Editing: | Witold Chomiński |
| Studio: | Argomedia (film company) |
| Distributor: | Best Film |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Poland |
| Language: | Polish |
Daas is a 2011 Polish film written and directed by Adrian Panek and starring Andrzej Chyra, Danuta Stenka, Mariusz Bonaszewski and Olgierd Łukaszewicz. This is Panek's first feature work.
The film is a period drama that depicts a struggle between religion and secular authority, idealism and duplicity, eroticism and faith. Daas was filmed in the Polish city of Wroclaw.
Daas explores the influence of 18th-century messiah claimant Jacob Frank (an authentic figure played by Olgierd Łukaszewicz). Claiming powers of mystical healing and prophecy, Frank promises immortality to his converts. Henryk Klein, a Viennese lawyer (Mariusz Bonaszewski) investigates Frank, and starts to believe that there has been a conspiracy formed that involves some of the most influential people in the Austrian Empire.
Meanwhile, a minor nobleman, Jakub Goliński (Andrzej Chyra), Frank's long-time disciple who left his sect, is seeking justice. Once a devoted believer, he now takes action against his former guru. The fates of these men inevitably interweave…