Fever (1981 film)

{{Short description|1981 Polish film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Fever

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| caption =

| director = Agnieszka Holland

| producer =

| writer = Andrzej Strug
Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz

| starring = Barbara Grabowska

| cinematography = Jacek Petrycki

| editing = Halina Nawrocka

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1981|2}}

| runtime = 122 minutes

| country = Poland

| language = Polish

}}

Fever ({{langx|pl|Gorączka}}) is a 1981 Polish drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It is based on a story of writer Andrzej Strug.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FP9w48VwwVUC&q=film+banned+in+poland&pg=PA324|title=A Short History of Film|isbn=9780813544755|access-date=17 February 2016|last1=Dixon|first1=Wheeler Winston|last2=Foster|first2=Gwendolyn Audrey|date=March 2008}} It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Barbara Grabowska won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistr_ger_1981/03_Preistraeger_1981.html |title=Berlinale 1981: Prize Winners |access-date=29 August 2010 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=12 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012044531/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1981/03_preistr_ger_1981/03_Preistraeger_1981.html |url-status=dead }}

The film takes place during the Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–07). The film was immediately banned by the Polish Communist government upon its release, because of its brutally realistic portrayal of the occupying Russian forces.