Interrogation (1989)
Interrogation (1989)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Krystyna Janda
Antonina 'Tonia' Dziwisz
Adam Ferency
Lieutenant Morawski
Janusz Gajos
Major Zawada "Kapielowy"
Bożena Dykiel
Honorata
Agnieszka Holland
Communist Witkowska
Ryszard Bugajski
Director
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Konstanty Dziwisz
Janusz Dymek
Writer
Anna Romantowska
Mira Szajnert
Tadeusz Drewno
Producer
Tomasz Dedek
UB Officer
Danuta Zankowska
Composer
Jan Jurewicz
Guard
Jacek Petrycki
Cinematographer
Jarosław Kopaczewski
UB Officer
Zofia Balucka
Cell-mate
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
Editor
Arkadiusz Bazak
Officer at Name-Day Party
Antonina Girycz
Cell Top Dog
Tomasz Lengren
Major Olcha
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Orphanage Manageress
Kazimierz Meres
Officer at Name-Day Party
Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
Female Prison Officer
Marlena Miarczyńska
Young Mother
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 13, 1989
Original NamePrzesłuchanie
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Genres
Wiki.
Interrogation (Polish: Przesłuchanie) is a 1982 Polish film about false imprisonment under the Stalinist pro-Soviet Polish regime in the early 1950s. The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski and first released in 1989. The plot follows an ordinary, apolitical woman named Tonia, played by Krystyna Janda. She refuses to cooperate with the abusive system and its officials, who are trying to force her to incriminate a former incidental lover, now an accused political prisoner.
Due to its criticism of the regime, the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years, until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day. Despite the film's controversial initial reception and subsequent banning, it garnered a cult fanbase through the circulation of illegally taped VHS copies, which director Ryszard Bugajski secretly helped to leak to the general public.The film had its first theatrical release in December 1989 in Poland and was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, where Krystyna Janda won the award for Best Actress and the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or.