A Woman's Decision

A Woman's Decision
Directed by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Written by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Starring	Maja Komorowska
Cinematography	Slawomir Idziak
Edited by	Urszula Sliwinska
Music by	Wojciech Kilar
Distributed by	Tinc Productions (USA)
Release dates	Germany: July 1975 (Berlin International Film Festival) United States: September 7, 1977
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

A Woman's Decision (Polish: Bilans kwartalny, also known as The Quarterly Balance) is a 1975 Polish drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the OCIC Award.

Cast

• Maja Komorowska as Marta
• Piotr Fronczewski as Jan
• Marek Piwowski as Jacek
• Zofia Mrozowska as Jan's Mother
• Halina Mikolajska as Roza
• Mariusz Dmochowski as Director
• Barbara Wrzesinska as Ewa
• Chip Taylor as James
• Eugenia Herman as Zofia
• Elzbieta Karkoszka as Maria
• Celina Mencner as Halina
• Krzysztof Machowski as Rower
• Malgorzata Pritulak as Anna
• Danuta Rinn as Marta's Colleague
• Kazimiera Utrata as Marta's Colleague
• Stefan Szmidt as Rescuer
• Dariusz Adamczuk
• Marian Friedmann
• Józef Fryzlewicz as Assistant Manager
• Antonina Girycz as Marta's Colleague
• Zbigniew Jankowski
• Krystyna Kolodziejczyk as Secretary
• Marcin Mroszczak
• Leszek Mystkowski
• Irena Oberska
• Joanna Poraska
• William Powers as Jacek's Colleague
• Alina Rostkowska
• Jan Sieradzinski
• Tadeusz Somogi as Manager
• Andrzej Szenajch as Jacek's Colleague
• Józef Wieczorek

Critical reception

Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, and wrote "Here's a film that has so much to say about one particular woman, and says it so eloquently, that nobody since Bergman has seen a woman character more clearly. The film is "A Woman's Decision," by Krzysztof Zanussi, who was already Poland's best director and now graduates to grandmaster class."

External links

• A Woman's Decision at IMDb
• Balance at Rotten Tomatoes