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Lesser Evil

Lesser Evil

2009 1h 50mDramaHistory

There is a writer who in the late 1970s managed to publish a poem in the monthly "Nowy Wyraz". It was enough to become a self-confessed writer whose name began to appear in the state media. The writer takes full advantage of his privileges - he flirts with power, sympathizes with the opposition, and collapses his studies at the same time. He is saved from going to the army by an exalted essayist whose sister is the head of the psychiatric hospital in Tworki. In a psychiatric institution, a writer meets a schizophrenic who writes a novel. After his suicide, the protagonist takes over the draft, which he publishes outside of censorship under his name, thanks to which he gains fame, fame and money. August '80 breaks out....

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There is a writer who in the late 1970s managed to publish a poem in the monthly "Nowy Wyraz". It was enough to become a self-confessed writer whose name began to appear in the state media. The writer takes full advantage of his privileges - he flirts with power, sympathizes with the opposition, and collapses his studies at the same time. He is saved from going to the army by an exalted essayist whose sister is the head of the psychiatric hospital in Tworki. In a psychiatric institution, a writer meets a schizophrenic who writes a novel. After his suicide, the protagonist takes over the draft, which he publishes outside of censorship under his name, thanks to which he gains fame, fame and money. August '80 breaks out....

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Janusz MorgensternJanusz MorgensternDirectorJanusz AndermanScreenplayMichał LorencMichał LorencComposerAndrzej RamlauAndrzej RamlauCinematography

Cast

Lesław ŻurekLesław ŻurekKamil NowakAnna RomantowskaAnna Romantowskamatka KamilaJanusz GajosJanusz GajosMieczysław Nowak, ojciec KamilaWojciech PszoniakWojciech PszoniakpacjentMagdalena CieleckaMagdalena CieleckaaktorkaTamara ArciuchTamara ArciuchlekarkaBorys SzycBorys SzycMareczek KolendaEdyta OlszówkaEdyta Olszówkaeseistka, siostra lekarkiWładysław KowalskipublicystaJulia KamińskaJulia KamińskapoetkaSylwia OksiutaSylwia OksiutastudentkaOlaf LubaszenkoOlaf LubaszenkoesbekSławomir OrzechowskiSławomir Orzechowskisekretarz POP w ZLPWojciech MecwaldowskiWojciech MecwaldowskiAndrzej, korespondent prasy szwedzkiejLiliana KomorowskaLiliana Komorowskaredaktorka z Polskiego RadiaBożena DykielBożena Dykielkierowniczka DPT w RadziejowicachDaniel OlbrychskiDaniel Olbrychskiakowiec, kolega ojcaKrzysztof KowalewskiKrzysztof Kowalewskilekarz wenerolog

Director

Janusz Morgenstern

Writers

Janusz Morgenstern, Janusz Anderman

Release date

23 Oct 2009

Runtime

1h 50m

Studio

Studio Filmowe Perspektywa, Vision Film, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

Language

Polish

Country

Poland

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