Directed by:
Piotr SzulkinScreenplay:
Piotr SzulkinCinematography:
Witold SobocińskiComposer:
Jerzy SatanowskiCast:
Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski, Kalina Jedrusik, Marek Walczewski, Jan Nowicki, Henryk Bista, Leon Niemczyk, Adam Ferency, Mariusz Benoit (more)Plots(1)
The survivors of a claustrophobic, subterranean world in ruins are pacified by Soft (Jerzy Stuhr), who engineers a mass collective dream of escape through means of a mythical vessel, The Ark... A dark vision existing somewhere between Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker and John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, Piotr Szulkin’s O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization is one of the great dystopian films. Masquerading as both works of science fiction and horror, Szulkin's satirical, surrealistic apocalypse-themed films are Polish cinema's best-kept secret. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
![Jerzy Stuhr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269296_c1684b.jpg)
Jerzy Stuhr
Poland
Best movies:
Sonata (2021)
Camera Buff (1979)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
![Krystyna Janda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273885_d1bf67.jpg)
Krystyna Janda
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Mephisto (1981)
Interrogation (1982)
![Mariusz Dmochowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/919/165919156_ece4f1.png)
Mariusz Dmochowski
Poland
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
Eroica (1957)
Camouflage (1976)
![Kalina Jedrusik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/164/159164352_e0b8bb.jpg)
Kalina Jedrusik
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Hanussen (1988)
![Marek Walczewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/175/159175427_ad3539.jpg)
Marek Walczewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Tin Drum (1979)
King Size (1987)
![Jan Nowicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999953_19b2ae.jpg)
Jan Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Family Life (1970)
![Henryk Bista](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271793_19c4da.jpg)
Henryk Bista
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
![Leon Niemczyk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271281_d3a357.jpg)
Leon Niemczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Wielki bieg (1981) (TV movie)
Potop (1974)
Big Shar (1982)
![Adam Ferency](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/404/164404784_7e526c.png)
Adam Ferency
Poland
Best movies:
Interrogation (1982)
Blind Chance (1981)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
![Mariusz Benoit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/118/159118966_004998.jpg)
Mariusz Benoit
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
80 Million (2011)
Śmierć jak kromka chleba (1994)
![Włodzimierz Musiał](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162082_e93e11.jpg)
Włodzimierz Musiał
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Hit the Bank (1981)
![Marcin Tronski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/785/168785336_2bv63d.png)
Marcin Tronski
Poland
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Day of the Wacko (2002)
Szpital przemienienia (1978)
Jerzy Zass
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Interrogation (1982)
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
![Alfred Freudenheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/314/159314603_98cc11.jpg)
Alfred Freudenheim
Italy
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Top Dog (1978)
Camouflage (1976)
Stanisław Igar
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Nightmares (1978)
Stanisław Manturzewski
Poland
Best movies:
Roman Bartosiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1984)
Casimir the Great (1975)
Michał Białkowicz
Best movies:
Austeria (1982)
O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1984)
Jarosław Jordan
Best movies:
![Krzysztof Majchrzak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271754_480890.jpg)
Krzysztof Majchrzak
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Yesterday (1984)
Axiliad (1986)