The Conductor
Dyrygent
Release: 1980-02-27
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 6.3
Drama
Music
A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and professional reasons.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "X"
Cast
Elżbieta Strzałkowska
Wojciech Wysocki
as Kwiatkowski
Mariusz Gorczyński
as Warsaw Violinist (uncredited)
Tadeusz Hanusek
as Warsaw Violinist (uncredited)
Anna Łopatowska
as Anna
Maria Seweryn
as Marysia
Jerzy Szmidt
Stanisław Zatłoka
as Rysio
Krystyna Janda
as Marta
Józef Fryźlewicz
as Voivod
Jerzy Kleyn
Andrzej Seweryn
as Adam Pietryk
Jan Ciecierski
as Marta's Father
Tadeusz Czechowski
as Tadzio
Janusz Gajos
as Dignitary from Warsaw
John Gielgud
as John Lasocki
Marek Dąbrowski
as Cultural Office Clerk
Stanisław Górka
as Bassist
Crew
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Andrzej Kijowski
Short Story, Writer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Ewa Smal
Assistant Editor
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Slawomir Idziak
Director of Photography
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Allan Starski
Production Design