Fiction
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©2003
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1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Dolby digital 5.1 ; screen 16:9 ; letter box
Set in 1943 in occupied Poland. Two older men visiting a country estate become obsessed with the lives of their host's adolescent daughter and the son of the local bailiff. As they try to ignite a love affair between the two young people their personalities become submerged and they eventually become the victims of their own manipulations
DVD release of the 2003 motion picture
Based on the novel by Witold Gombrowicz
Extras: Scene selection ; Making of feature
Director, Jan Jakub Kolski; screenplay, Jan Jakub Kolski, Gérard Brach, Luc Bondy; music, Zygmunt Konieczny; cinematography, Krzysztof Ptak
Krzysztof Majchrzak, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Globisz, Grażyna Błe˛cka-Kolska, Grzegorz Damie˛cki
Not rated
DVD, region 1 ; NTSC
In Polish with optional English subtitles
5 Golden Eagles Awards
6 Awards at Gdynia Film Festival, 2003