Bez znieczulenia (1978)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Andrzej Wajda

Writers:

Agnieszka Holland (writer)
Andrzej Wajda (writer)

Release Date:

27 November 1978 (Poland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political...

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

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

Also Known As:

Rough Treatment
Without Anesthesia

Runtime:

131 min | Argentina:135 min

Country:

Poland | France

Language:

Polish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:AA | Argentina:13 | Finland:S

Company:

Film Polski

"You liberal caffe oppositionist!"

When I was growing up in Poland – Wajda was always the most boring director for me, still remember when he made "Pan Tadeusz" my whole school went to cinema to see it, and it was so boring for all of us. Then I grow up a little, and found that my new favorite directors are Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Wells – and then they give Wajda a honorary Oscar for five decades of extraordinary film direction in 2000, and I started to wonder, why, then i watch "Kanal", "Popiol i diament", "Czlowiek z marmuru" and i knew it why – because he is powerful director. There were few weaker movies like "Pokolenie" or "Lotna" but majority of his movies are grand and timeless. I think "Bez znieczulenia" is one of the best movie by Wajda. Its story about man who got everything – fame, family, respect and love and in just one second his wife want divorce, and at work there is waiting for a man slow degradation. Its story showing communism in Poland from the worst side – a place where dabblers are winners, where when the suck starts it ends at Kafka notes. I was shocked how up to date the story is even now in democratic Poland. The screenplay is great – co-written with Agnieszka Holland i bet it shows a lot of real life situation, because the power on screen match perfectly the one scene when the lead character has his teeth pulled "sin anestesia", and the whole movie is a much powerful, and painful as this one scene. There is great acting – especially by Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, but whole cast is just perfect from Seweryn and Dalkowska to the small creepy parts of Stuhr, Kaczor or Wilhelmi. Sadly this powerful movie is forgotten in Poland, but for me its the most important Polish movie, and so up-to-date that its almost scary. Must-See.