Directed by:
Andrzej MunkScreenplay:
Jerzy Stefan StawińskiComposer:
Jan KrenzCast:
Bogumił Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska, Barbara Lass, Krystyna Karkowska-Krauze, Barbara Połomska, Henryk Bak, Wiesław Gołas, Maria Kaniewska (more)Plots(1)
These grotesque episodes from the life of a sorry looser who always had only his success with his bosses and women in mind, guide us through twenty years of dramatic Polish history. This bitter satire about a small Polish man competed in Cannes and was the last film finished by important Polish director Andrzej Munk. (Summer Film School)
Cast
Bogumił Kobiela
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Eroica (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Maria Ciesielska
Poland
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
Bad Luck (1960)
Helena Dabrowska
Poland
Best movies:
Night Train (1959)
Real End of the Great War (1957)
Bad Luck (1960)
Barbara Lass
Poland
Best movies:
Effi Briest (1974)
Che gioia vivere (1961)
Ewa chce spać (1957)
Krystyna Karkowska-Krauze
Poland
Best movies:
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Bad Luck (1960)
My Nikifor (2004)
Barbara Połomska
Poland
Best movies:
Matka królów (1982)
Eroica (1957)
Bad Luck (1960)
Henryk Bak
Best movies:
Eroica (1957)
Bariera (1966)
Paragon, gola! (1969)
Wiesław Gołas
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Maria Kaniewska
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
The Last Stop (1948)
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
Roman Polański
France
Barbara Horawianka
Poland
Best movies:
Night Train (1959)
Marysia i Napoleon (1966)
Black Cross (1960)
Mirosława Marcheluk
Poland
Best movies:
The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
Top Dog (1978)
Sexmission (1983)
Tadeusz Janczar
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Landscape After Battle (1970)
Roman Kłosowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Eroica (1957)
Wojciech Pokora
Poland
Best movies:
Miś (1980)
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
Brunet wieczorową porą (1976)
Wojciech Siemion
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Eroica (1957)
Mariusz Dmochowski
Poland
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
Eroica (1957)
Camouflage (1976)
Kazimierz Opaliński
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Adam Pawlikowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Canal (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Andrzej Krasicki
Poland