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Summary
1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 90Audiences 75GoodWatch 82
Tomatometer90%
Audience score77%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109108Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
1985
June 17, 1985
41 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Polish
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
Poland
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 28
Grażyna SzapołowskaUrszula Zyro
Maria PakulnisJoanna Stach
Aleksander BardiniMieczysław Labrador
Jerzy RadziwiłowiczAntek Zyro
Artur BarciśDariusz Stach
Michał BajorMiecio
Marek KondratTomek
Tadeusz BradeckiHypnotizer
Danny WebbAmerican- KKKrzysztof KrzemińskiJacek Zyro
Marzena TrybałaMarta Duraj
Adam FerencyRumcajs
Elżbieta KilarskaAntek's Mother
Jerzy KamasJudge Biedroń
Hanna DunowskaJustyna
Jan TesarzJoanna's Father
Andrzej SzalawskiAttorney
Maja BarełkowskaOpposition Member (uncredited)
Jacek DomańskiOpposition Member (uncredited)
Katarzyna FiguraHypnotizer's Assistant (uncredited)- JHJacek HilchenAttorney (uncredited)
Katarzyna JungowskaSylwia (uncredited)- MKMałgorzata KaczmarskaOpposition Member (uncredited)
Elżbieta KamińskaOpposition Member (uncredited)
Directing · 5
- Krzysztof Kieślowski Director, Screenplay
- Maciej Dejczer Assistant Director
- Anna Stempi Assistant Director
- Małgorzata Kierska Script Supervisor
- Elżbieta Oyrzanowska Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz Screenplay
Production · 7
- Bożena Mrówczyńska Production Assistant
- Anna Kowalska Production Assistant
- Ryszard Chutkowski Production Supervisor
- Paweł Mantorski Production Assistant
- Andrzej Cebula Production Assistant
- Włodzimierz Bendych Production Assistant
Camera · 4
- Jacek Petrycki Director of Photography
- Janusz Całka Assistant Camera
- Roman Miastowski Camera Operator
- Piotr Obłoza Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Krystyna Rutkowska Editor
- Beata Cichocka Assistant Editor
Sound · 6
- Zbigniew Preisner Original Music Composer
- Michał Żarnecki Sound Director
- Zdzisław Szostak Conductor
- Kazimierz Kucharski Sound Assistant
- Stanisław Hojden Sound Assistant
- Elżbieta Zakrzewska Sound Assistant
Art · 8
- Allan Starski Production Design
- Magdalena Dipont Set Decoration
- Stefan Witkowski Assistant Set Decoration
- Teresa Gruber Set Decoration
- Grazyna Tkaczyk Art Direction
- Joanna Lelanow Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Wiesława Starska Costume Design
- Maria Dziewulska Makeup Artist
- Jolanta Wlodarczyk Costume Assistant
- Małgorzata Bursztyńska Costume Assistant
- Dorota Czerwińska Assistant Makeup Artist
- Henryk Ciok Costume Assistant
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