Directed by:
Jerzy SkolimowskiScreenplay:
Jerzy SkolimowskiCinematography:
Jan LaskowskiComposer:
Krzysztof KomedaCast:
Joanna Szczerbic, Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Maria Malicka, Zdzisław Maklakiewicz, Ryszard Pietruski, Bogdan Baer, Henryk Bak, Zygmunt Malanowicz (more)Plots(1)
Skolimowski’s intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece about man and the modern world, is ostensibly a 'boy-meets-girl' romance, but emerges as a devastating allegory of the contemporary Polish psyche, a film about national schizophrenia and the barrier between generations. (Second Run)
Cast
Joanna Szczerbic
Poland
Best movies:
Matthew's Days (1967)
Bariera (1966)
The Shout (1978)
Jan Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Family Life (1970)
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Potop (1974)
Blind Chance (1981)
Maria Malicka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Bariera (1966)
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
The Law and the Fist (1966)
Ryszard Pietruski
Poland
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Pigs (1992)
Bogdan Baer
Poland
Best movies:
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Eroica (1957)
Henryk Bak
Best movies:
Eroica (1957)
Bariera (1966)
Paragon, gola! (1969)
Zygmunt Malanowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Knife in the Water (1962)
Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
The Dancing Hawk (1977)
Małgorzata Lorentowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Bariera (1966)
The Wedding (1972)
Everything for Sale (1969)
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
The Promised Land (1974)
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Janusz Gajos
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Interrogation (1982)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Stanisław Tym
Poland
Best movies:
Miś (1980)
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
The War of the Worlds - The Next Century (1981)
Marian Kociniak
Poland
Best movies:
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Gangsterzy i filantropi (1962)
Danton (1983)
Witold Sobociński
Poland
Best movies:
Bariera (1966)
What Will My Wife Say to This? (1958)
Stefan Friedmann
Poland
Best movies:
Landscape After Battle (1970)
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
Westerplatte Resists (1967)
Ryszarda Hanin
Poland
Best movies:
Deja vu (1990)
The Last Stop (1948)
Sexmission (1983)
Andrzej Zarnecki
Poland
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Bariera (1966)
Michał Żołnierkiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
Bariera (1966)
Hydrozagadka (1970) (TV movie)
Poszukiwany, poszukiwana (1973)
Anna Jaraczówna
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Szpital przemienienia (1978)
The Last Stop (1948)
Remember Your Name (1974)