Without Anesthesia
Bez znieczulenia
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
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Cast
Bogdan Szymkowski
Stefania Iwińska
as Józefa
Krzysztof Bauman
as Student
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
as Editorial Office Employee
Stanisław Michalski
as Broński's Boss
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
as Jerzy Michałowski
Krystyna Janda
as Agata
Jacek Kałucki
as Student
Kazimierz Kaczor
as Editor-in-chief
Danuta Balicka
as Judge
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
as Student
Krzysztof Zaleski
as TV Show Guest
Andrzej Seweryn
as Jacek Rościszewski
Roman Wilhelmi
as Broński
Andrzej Mrowiec
as Editorial Office Employee
Bogusław Sobczuk
as TV Show Contestant
Zbigniew Grusznic
as Student
Tomasz Stockinger
as Student
Krystyna Wolańska
Ewa Dałkowska
as Ewa Michałowska
Magda Teresa Wójcik
as Joanna Cichoń
Halina Golanko
as Halina Łukasik
Teodor Gendera
as Judge
Michał Kula
as Student
Sylwester Maciejewski
as Student
Witold Pyrkosz
as Broński's Successor
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
as Student
Grzegorz Wons
as Student
Wojciech Wysocki
as Student
Tomasz Zygadło
as TV Show Contestant (uncredited)
Alicja Bienicewicz
as (uncredited)
Andrzej Wajda
as TV Show Contestant (uncredited)
Emilia Krakowska
as Wanda Jakowicz
Jerzy Stuhr
as Jerzy Porębowicz
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
as Stenia
Marlena Miarczyńska
Crew
Magdalena Dipont
Assistant Set Decoration
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Assistant Director
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Allan Starski
Production Design
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Andrzej Wajda
Director, Screenplay
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Krzysztof Zaleski
Writers' Assistant
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design