Without Anesthesia
Appearance
Without Anesthesia | |
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Directed by | Andrzej Wajda |
Written by | Agnieszka Holland Andrzej Wajda |
Starring | Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Ewa Dalkowska Andrzej Seweryn Krystyna Janda |
Cinematography | Edward Klosinski |
Music by | Jerzy Derfel |
Release date |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart.
The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school.[2]
Cast
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz - Jerzy Michalowski
- Ewa Dalkowska - Ewa Michalowska
- Andrzej Seweryn - Jerzy Rosciszewski
- Krystyna Janda - Agata
- Emilia Krakowska - Wanda Jakowicz
- Roman Wilhelmi - Bronski
- Kazimierz Kaczor - Editor-in-chief
- Iga Mayr - Ewa's Mother
- Aleksandra Jasienska - Olenka
- Maria Salinger - Gabcia
- Stefania Iwinska - Józefa
- Halina Golanko - Halina Lukasik
- Jerzy Stuhr - Jerzy Porebowicz
- Magda Teresa Wójcik - Joanna Cichon
- Danuta Balicka-Satanowska - Judge
See also
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Without Anesthesia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ Tomasz Łubieński, "Kapuściński's pupil?" Gazeta Wyborcza, 3 March 2010, p. 13 (in Polish) ("Ryszard Kapuściński was the original model for the main character of Andrzej Wajda's film Without Anesthesia.")