No End
(1985)
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No End
(1985)
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Grazyna Szapolowska | ... |
Urszula Zyro
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Maria Pakulnis | ... |
Joanna Stach
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Aleksander Bardini | ... |
Lawyer Mieczyslaw Labrador
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Jerzy Radziwilowicz | ... |
Antek Zyro
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Artur Barcis | ... |
Darek Stach
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Michal Bajor | ... |
Miecio (aplikant)
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Marek Kondrat | ... |
Tomek, Antek's friend
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Tadeusz Bradecki | ... |
Hipnotyzator
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| Danny Webb | ... |
American
(as Daniel Webb)
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Krzysztof Krzeminski | ... |
Jacek Zyro
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Marzena Trybala | ... |
Marta Duraj
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Adam Ferency | ... |
Rumcajs
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Elzbieta Kilarska | ... |
Antoni's Mother
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Jerzy Kamas | ... |
Judge Biedron
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Hanna Dunowska | ... |
Justyna
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It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to free herself in her work, in her relationship with her son, in sex, and in hypnosis. In a subplot, Ulla refers the wife of one of her husband's clients Darek, a jailed Solidarity strike organizer to Labrador, a world-weary, aging attorney, who works to free Darek by various political manipulations and psychological ploys. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I state for the record that I did not understand this film fully. The second plot with Solidarnost protester imprisoned and released by the court is not completely clear to me. Yet it has little to do with politics and more with human condition (ideals, expectation, compromise). Prisoner's family doesn't react happily upon his immediate release in a court room. There is awkwardness and embarrassment in that scene, as if some unforgivable compromise has been made and it tainted all of their relationship. Accident scene with a death of motorist seems random but reoccurring theme in Kieslowskij movies. Randomness of death, randomness of existence. Movie is wonderfully shot , music (as always) is haunting. I just cannot put it all together in my mind like I could with Veronique.