Yvette Biro describes Innocent Sorcerers as “the story of one foolish, though uneventful, night in the lives of a young doctor (a drummer in a jazz band) and a charming, innocent, but sarcastic girl. Both are play-acting, feeling out their partner or adversary with a new mask, striking another pose....
“This is one of Wajda's few films where he's not concerned with great historical problems, and is certainly the first to depict the common conflicts of contemporary life. The scenario was written by the well-known author and scriptwriter of Ashes and Diamonds, Andrzejewski, and a new poet and boxer, Jerzy Skolimowski. It was Skolimowski who inspired Wajda to represent the particular lifestyle of the new generation unscathed by the horrors of war. Innocent Sorcerers was the only East European film of its time to disclose certain problems of the young people that the official view refused to acknowledge: fear of the future, self-deception, uncertainty, and the yearning for an easy life....
“Wajda was obviously attracted by the unknown world of this new generation. He admitted in many interviews his lack of satisfaction with his film. ‘I intended it strictly as a document; I wanted to approach this generation which I could not like or understand with authenticity.' Is his representation indeed without love? Today, we fail to perceive it that way. The Miczkiewicz quotation, which served as a title, shows a different image: ‘We other, young and innocent sorcerers, are looking for poisons to kill our own hopes.' This explanation doesn't seem an accusation to us, but rather a vivid, real statement. Usually, Wajda relies on a baroque, symbolic style; here, he expresses himself in a cool, investigative manner as required by his subject.”