Blind Chance

Blind Chance (Polish: Przypadek) is 1981 film directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. The film is unique for branching out into three separate story lines, which are told in succession.

Plot

Template:Spoiler Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life. One: he catches the train, meets an honest Communist and himself becomes a Party activist. Two: while running for the train he bumps into a railway guard, is attested, brought to trial and sent to unpaid labour in a park where he meets someone from the opposition. He, in turn, becomes a militant member of the opposition. Three: he simply misses the train, meets a girl from his studies, rerns to his interrupted studies, marries the girl and leads a peaceful life as & doctor unwilling to get mixed up in politics. He is sent abroad with his work. In mid-air, the plane he is on explodes.

Cast

• Boguslaw Linda: Witek
  
• Tadeusz Lomnicki: Werner
  
• Zbigniew Zapasiewicz: Adam
  
• Boguslawa Pawelec: Czuszka
  
• Marzena Trybala: Werka
  
• Jacek Borkowski: Marek
  
• Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski: Daniel
  
• Adam Ferency: Ksiadz
  
• Monika Gozdzik: Olga
  
• Zygmunt Hübner: Dzirkan
  
• Irena Byrska: Ciotka