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Status
Released
Release
1969
Runtime
1h 45m
Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.
37 Cast Members
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Beata
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Ela
Andrzej Łapicki
Andrzej
Daniel Olbrychski
Daniel
Witold Holtz
Witek
Małgorzata Potocka
"Mała"
Elżbieta Kępińska
Ateneum Actress
Bogumił Kobiela
Bobek
Irena Laskowska
Gamekeeper's Wife
Tadeusz Kalinowski
Gamekeeper
Wiesław Dymny
Wiesio
Wojciech Solarz
Man talking about a Screenplay
Józef Fukś
Witold Dederko
Taxi Driver
Andrzej Kostenko
Kostek
Tadeusz Baljon
Production Manager
Jacek Domański
Man at a Funeral
Bohdan Ejmont
Cloakroom Attendant
Krzysztof Fus
Andrzej Gawroński
Production Supervisor
