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Title: A Short Film About Love (1988)
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| Grazyna Szapolowska | ... | Magda | |
| Olaf Lubaszenko | ... | Tomek | |
| Stefania Iwinska | ... | Godmother | |
| Piotr Machalica | ... | Roman | |
| Artur Barcis | ... | Young Man | |
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Hanna Chojnacka | ... | Miroslawa (as M. Chojnacka) |
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Stanislaw Gawlik | ... | Postman (as S. Gawlik) |
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Tomasz Gradowski | ... | (as T. Gradowski) |
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Rafal Imbro | ... | (as R. Imbro) |
| Jan Piechocinski | ... | (as J. Piechocinski) | |
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Krzysztof Koperski | ... | Gasman in Magda's Apartment (as K. Koperski) |
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Jaroslawa Michalewska | ... | Post-Office Clerk (as J. Michalewska) |
| Malgorzata Rozniatowska | ... | Angry Postmaster (as M. Rozniatowska) | |
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Emilia Ziólkowska | ... | Old Woman at Post-Office (as E. Ziólkowska) |
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19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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Country:
PolandRelease Date:
4 August 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Short Film About Love See more »Filming Locations:
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, PolandCompany Credits
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Tomek: Because I love you. I really do.
Magda: And what do you want?
Tomek: I don't know.
Magda: Do you want to kiss me?
Tomek: No.
Magda: Perhaps you want to make love to me?
Tomek: No.
Magda: Want to go away with me? To the lakes, or to Budapest?
Tomek: No.
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The ending is different from the TV version. It was rewritten at the suggestion of lead actress Grazyna Szapolowska who wanted the film to have a "fairytale ending". See more »Goofs
When Tomek goes out onto the roof above Magda's flat, his black eye and split lip are gone. They reappear when he goes back into the building. See more »Quotes
Magda: Why are you peeping at me?Tomek: Because I love you. I really do.
Magda: And what do you want?
Tomek: I don't know.
Magda: Do you want to kiss me?
Tomek: No.
Magda: Perhaps you want to make love to me?
Tomek: No.
Magda: Want to go away with me? To the lakes, or to Budapest?
Tomek: No.
[...]
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sorry about the summary title, but i hate pithiness. this is, of course, more than just a film i like. it's beautiful. the scene when the woman fantasizes about what might have been with the boy is heartrending, and you don't have to have lived in communist East Europe to understand her sense of loneliness. others think that "A Short Film about Killing" was the stand out from the Dekalog, but to me this is the director's finest achievement, and the harshest and boldest treatment of love that you could see on celluloid. The most important film of my life.