Interrogation (1989)
"Przesluchanie" (original title)

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

Director:

Ryszard Bugajski

Writers:

Ryszard Bugajski, Janusz Dymek

Stars:

Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos

8 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Krystyna Janda	...	Antonina 'Tonia' Dziwisz
Adam Ferency	...	Lieutenant Morawski
Janusz Gajos	...	Major Zawada "Kapielowy"
Agnieszka Holland	...	Communist Witkowska
Anna Romantowska	...	Miroslawa "Mira" Szejnert
Bozena Dykiel	...	Honorata
Olgierd Lukaszewicz	...	Konstanty Dziwisz (Tonia's husband)
Tomasz Dedek	...	UB officer "Czesiek" arresting Tonia
Jan Jurewicz	...	Guard
Jaroslaw Kopaczewski	...	UB officer arresting Tonia
Zofia Balucka	...	Cell-mate
Arkadiusz Bazak	...	Officer at Name-Day Party
Krzysztof Gosztyla	...	Alledged victim
Antonina Girycz	...	Cell Top Dog
O. Jasinska

Storyline

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | vodka | violence | stalinist | stalinism | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

13 December 1989 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Interrogation

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zespól Filmowy "X"

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Completed in 1982, but due to its controversial anti-communist themes, was banned by the Polish government (then under Stalinist rule) for 7 years until 1989 after the disintegration of the Soviet Bloc.

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Connections

Referenced in The Lesson of Polish Cinema (2002)

User Reviews

fantastic film-making and stunning performances

this is mr bugajski's first and only masterpiece a depressive study of an official machine of torture in the stalinist poland and of a stunning will to live of an individual

excellent dark and anxious photography and impressive acting with cannes best actress award winner krystyna janda and underestimated great polish characteristic actor janusz gajos

i've seen it in a small dilapidated post-socialist cinema in my city in the early nineties and it was running as a loud blockbuster here in poland at that time-it was advertised as a 'shelf movie' ('polkownik':)as it was banned for several years in the eighties when poland was ruled by a soviet-backed military junta

i can honestly recommend it-it's a piece of the first-class cinema