In a Polish village at the close of the nineteenth century, a young woman named Jagna wants more from her life than the path her family has already chosen for her. The Peasants, a 2023 animated drama from Poland, sets her story against the rhythm of a farming community bound by custom, land, and reputation.
What is The Peasants about?
Jagna's world is small by geography and large by consequence: a household, a village, a marriage market where a woman's choices are rarely her own to make. The film follows her push against those limits, tracking how one person's refusal to simply comply ripples through a tight-knit community where everyone watches everyone else. It is a story about class, land, and the cost of standing apart, told through the seasonal cycle of a rural year rather than through a single dramatic turn.
About the cast
Kamila Urzędowska carries the central role, with Robert Gulaczyk, Mirosław Baka, Ewa Kasprzyk, Sonia Mietielica, Andrzej Konopka, Małgorzata Kożuchowska and Sonia Bohosiewicz filling out the village around her. Between them the cast covers the full social range the story needs — family, suitors, and the wider community whose opinion shapes every decision Jagna makes.
Context & significance
The Peasants comes from co-directors DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman, working in animation rather than live action, which gives the film a distinct, painterly texture uncommon among historical dramas. It runs 114 minutes and has drawn a notably strong and enthusiastic reception, a sign the film has found an appreciative audience well beyond Poland. Its Historical and Drama genre tags fit a story rooted firmly in the customs and pressures of its period setting.
Watching The Peasants on Ktime
The Peasants streams on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can watch in Farsi or follow the original soundtrack with Farsi text. The page itself is free to browse; watching the film just needs a K-Time account login, and the whole experience — menus, search, subtitles — is built around the Farsi-speaking diaspora audience.