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Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski
Produced by Jerzy Skolimowski
Written by Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael Lyndon, Michel Ciment, Harriet Pacaud, and Barbara Elster
Produced by Jerzy Skolimowski
Written by Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael Lyndon, Michel Ciment, Harriet Pacaud, and Barbara Elster
With:
Michael York, Joanna Szczerbic, Michal Skolimowski, Józef Skolimowski, Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, and John Hurt
Cinematography:
Mike Fash
Editing: Barrie Vince and Andrzej Kostenko
Music: Hans Zimmer and Stanley Myers
Editing: Barrie Vince and Andrzej Kostenko
Music: Hans Zimmer and Stanley Myers
Runtime:
91 min
Release Date: 23 May 1984
Color: Color
Release Date: 23 May 1984
Color: Color
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Jerzy Skolimowski's introspective but somewhat impervious political family drama about an exiled Polish theater director in England grappling with personal and professional challenges as he tries to mount an abstract play criticizing Communist rule in Poland.