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Blindness
Blindness
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Blindness

Original Title: Zaćma

2016
1h 50m
Drama
History

Status

Released

Release

2016

Runtime

1h 50m

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Storyline

A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 50m
Nov 25, 2016
Digital Release
May 6, 2021
Languages
Polish
Director
Ryszard Bugajski
Ryszard Bugajski
Production
Kino Świat
Kino Świat
Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska
The Society for Arts
The Society for Arts
Studio Orka
Studio Orka
Production Countries
Poland

Top Cast

27 Cast Members

Maria Mamona

Maria Mamona

Julia Brystygierowa

Małgorzata Zajączkowska

Małgorzata Zajączkowska

siostra Benedykta

Janusz Gajos

Janusz Gajos

ksiądz Cieciorka

Marek Kalita

Marek Kalita

prymas Stefan Wyszyński

Bartosz Porczyk

Bartosz Porczyk

więzień

Kazimierz Kaczor

Kazimierz Kaczor

żałobnik

Sławomir Orzechowski

Sławomir Orzechowski

dozorca Marian

Marcin Troński

Marcin Troński

bufetowy

Krzysztof Ogłoza

Krzysztof Ogłoza

plutonowy MO

Barbara Bursztynowicz

Barbara Bursztynowicz

Kościukiewiczowa, kobieta w jadalni

Jacek Bursztynowicz

Jacek Bursztynowicz

ordynator

Zbigniew Konopka

Zbigniew Konopka

prokurator

Andrzej Szenajch

Andrzej Szenajch

portier

Piotr Tołoczko

adiutant

Mariusz Wojciechowski

Mariusz Wojciechowski

Antoni Marylski

Olga Bołądź

Olga Bołądź

Julia Brystygierowa w młodości

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

matka

Klara Bielawka

Klara Bielawka

zakonnica

Barbara Garstka

Barbara Garstka

zakonnica informatorka

Piotr Głowacki

Piotr Głowacki

towarzysz partyjny

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