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Personnel

Original title: Personel
  • TV Movie
  • 1975
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
535
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Personnel (1975)
Drama

A young man joins a theatre company in the costume department and discovers the inherent internal politics and social divisions.A young man joins a theatre company in the costume department and discovers the inherent internal politics and social divisions.A young man joins a theatre company in the costume department and discovers the inherent internal politics and social divisions.

  • Director
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Writer
    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Stars
    • Juliusz Machulski
    • Irena Lorentowicz
    • Wlodzimierz Borunski
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    535
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Writer
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Stars
      • Juliusz Machulski
      • Irena Lorentowicz
      • Wlodzimierz Borunski
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Juliusz Machulski
    Juliusz Machulski
    • Romek Januchta
    Irena Lorentowicz
    • The set designer
    Wlodzimierz Borunski
    Wlodzimierz Borunski
    • The technical manager
    Michal Tarkowski
    Michal Tarkowski
    • Sowa the tailor
    Andrzej Siedlecki
    • Self
    Tomasz Lengren
    Tomasz Lengren
    • Roman's template puncher
    Tomasz Zygadlo
    Tomasz Zygadlo
    • The youth organisation chairman
    Janusz Skalski
    • The head dressmaker
    Krystyna Wachelko-Zaleska
    Krystyna Wachelko-Zaleska
    • The girl on the train
    • (as Krystyna Wachelko)
    Ludwik Mika
    • The theatre director
    Wilchelm Klonowski
    • The tailor
    Jan Toronczak
    • The tailor
    Jan Zielinski
    • The tailor
    Edward Ciosek
    • The tailor
    Henryk Sawicki
    • The ballet master
    Waldemar Karst
    • The dancer
    Krzysztof Sitarski
    • The singer
    Helena Kowalczykowa
    Helena Kowalczykowa
    • Romek's aunt
    • Director
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Writer
      • Krzysztof Kieslowski
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    8/10
    Semi-biography of the young Kieslowski
    This is the most overtly biographic film amongst the works of the great Krzysztof Kieslowski, since Kieslowski was a very private and reserved person as I perceived him.

    In "Personel", Romek Januchta was his alter-ego, bot just bore great resemblance to the director especially when he wore glasses(to see more clearly, when he was not a new-comer anymore), he worked in the theatre in the wardrobe department just as Kieslowski did. This film is rare chance to have a glimpse of the first half of Kielslowski's life other than it was told in books and interviews.

    Probably the first interesting feature of the director, after he had made many commissioned documentary and excellent shorts. The shy, reticent, love-longing boy/boyish man(in a way a rebel under the boy-next-door disguise) is a favorite of his since "Tramway", the character is differed in the following films like "The Calm", and comes to its perfection in "A Short Film about Love".

    The film remarkably looks like the mockumentaries of the recent years, ahead of its time, it is not so far-fetched comparing it to "Extras", since it also looks into the less glorious side of Showbiz and shares its poignancy and dark humor. (In season one, "Extras" has a episode about Ricky Gervais' Andy wants to flatter a producer so that he would give a part to him. In the flaunty speech made by the producer, he mentioned the white-clothed man is missing in two episodes of "Decalogue").

    A must-see for any admirer of Kieslowski.
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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1976 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Language
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Das Personal
    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Zespol Filmowy "Tor"
      • Telewizja Polska (TVP)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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