Without Anesthesia
1978 Polish film
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
- Ewa Dalkowska
- Andrzej Seweryn
- Krystyna Janda
Release date
- November 27, 1978 (1978-11-27)
Running time
Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart.
The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school.[2]
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
See also
- Cinema of Poland
- List of Polish language films
References
External links
- Without Anesthesia at IMDb
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