Without Anesthesia
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.
Release Date
November 27, 1978Runtime
131 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Andrzej Wajda, Krystyna Grochowicz, Jolanta Jedynak, Krzysztof TchórzewskiScreenplay by
Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka HollandLanguage
PolishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Jerzy MichałowskiEwa Dałkowska
Ewa MichałowskaAndrzej Seweryn
Jacek RościszewskiKrystyna Janda
AgataRoman Wilhelmi
BrońskiEmilia Krakowska
Wanda JakowiczKazimierz Kaczor
Editor-in-chiefMagda Teresa Wójcik
Joanna CichońJerzy Stuhr
Jerzy PorębowiczStefania Iwińska
JózefaHalina Golanko
Halina ŁukasikDanuta Balicka
JudgeJolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
SteniaZygmunt Kęstowicz
Editorial Office SecretaryKrzysztof Bauman
StudentTeodor Gendera
JudgeZbigniew Grusznic
StudentJacek Kałucki
StudentKrzysztof Kiersznowski
StudentMichał Kula
StudentWanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Editorial Office EmployeeMarlena Miarczyńska
Sylwester Maciejewski
StudentStanisław Michalski
Broński's BossAndrzej Mrowiec
Editorial Office EmployeeIzabella Olejnik
StudentWitold Pyrkosz
Broński's SuccessorBogdan Szymkowski
Tomasz Stockinger
StudentBogusław Sobczuk
TV Show ContestantJerzy Radziwiłowicz
StudentGrzegorz Wons
StudentWojciech Wysocki
StudentKrystyna Wolańska
Krzysztof Zaleski
TV Show GuestTomasz Zygadło
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)Alicja Bienicewicz
(uncredited)Andrzej Wajda
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)