Without Anesthesia
1978/11/27 • Released • Polish
Overview
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
Director : Andrzej Wajda
Casts
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Jerzy Michałowski
Ewa Dałkowska
Ewa Michałowska
Andrzej Seweryn
Jacek Rościszewski
Krystyna Janda
Agata
Roman Wilhelmi
Broński
Emilia Krakowska
Wanda Jakowicz
Kazimierz Kaczor
Editor-in-chief
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Joanna Cichoń
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Porębowicz
Stefania Iwińska
Józefa
Halina Golanko
Halina Łukasik
Danuta Balicka
Judge
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
Stenia
Zygmunt Kęstowicz
Editorial Office Secretary
Krzysztof Bauman
Student
Teodor Gendera
Judge
Zbigniew Grusznic
Student
Jacek Kałucki
Student
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
Student
Michał Kula
Student
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Editorial Office Employee
Marlena Miarczyńska
Sylwester Maciejewski
Student
Stanisław Michalski
Broński's Boss
Andrzej Mrowiec
Editorial Office Employee
Izabella Olejnik
Student
Witold Pyrkosz
Broński's Successor
Bogdan Szymkowski
Tomasz Stockinger
Student
Bogusław Sobczuk
TV Show Contestant
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Student
Grzegorz Wons
Student
Wojciech Wysocki
Student
Krystyna Wolańska
Krzysztof Zaleski
TV Show Guest
Tomasz Zygadło
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)
Alicja Bienicewicz
(uncredited)
Andrzej Wajda
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)
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