Summary
A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 70
Letterboxd · 729 ratings3.6/5
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 22 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −27 min on the typical 109
typical 10982Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1986
October 13, 1986
40 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Polish
Original language
Made in
- Poland
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Witold Leszczyński Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Edward Stachura Novel
Camera · 1
- Jerzy Łukaszewicz Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Łucja Ośko Editor
Sound · 4
- Antonio Vivaldi Original Music Composer
- Jerzy Satanowski Music
- Ernest Zawada Sound Designer
- Jerzy Szawłowski Sound Designer
Art · 2
- Maciej Maria Putowski Production Design
- Ewa Tarnowska Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Małgorzata Brus Costume Design
- Ewa Symko-Marczewska Makeup Artist
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