Without Anesthesia (1978)
2h 11m
Running Time
November 27, 1978Release Date
Without Anesthesia (1978)
2h 11m
Running Time
November 27, 1978Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Jerzy Michałowski

Ewa Dałkowska
Ewa Michałowska

Andrzej Seweryn
Jacek Rościszewski

Andrzej Seweryn
Jerzy Rosciszewski

Krystyna Janda
Agata

Roman Wilhelmi
Broński

Emilia Krakowska
Wanda Jakowicz

Kazimierz Kaczor
Editor-in-chief

Magda Teresa Wójcik
Joanna Cichoń

Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Porębowicz

Iga Mayr
Anna Łukasik

Aleksandra Jasieńska
Oleńka

Marta Salinger
Gabcia

Stefania Iwińska
Józefa

Halina Golanko
Halina Łukasik

Danuta Balicka
Judge

Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
Stenia

Zygmunt Kęstowicz
Editorial Office Secretary

Jerzy Derfel
Composer

Krzysztof Bauman
Student

Teodor Gendera
Judge

Zbigniew Grusznic
Student

Jacek Kałucki
Student

Krzysztof Kiersznowski
Student

Michał Kula
Student

Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Editorial Office Employee

Ryszard Łabędź
Student

Sylwester Maciejewski
Student

Stanisław Michalski
Broński's Boss

Andrzej Mrowiec
Editorial Office Employee

Izabella Olejnik
Student

Witold Pyrkosz
Broński's Successor

Tomasz Stockinger
Student

Bogusław Sobczuk
TV Show Contestant

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Student

Grzegorz Wons
Student

Wojciech Wysocki
Student

Krzysztof Zaleski
TV Show Guest / Writers' Assistant

Tomasz Zygadło
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)

Alicja Bienicewicz
(uncredited)

Andrzej Wajda
TV Show Contestant (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay

Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager

Krystyna Grochowicz
Assistant Director

Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Assistant Director

Jolanta Jedynak
Assistant Director

Janusz Kaliciński
Camera Operator

Jan Ossowski
Assistant Camera

Jerzy Tomczuk
Assistant Camera

Allan Starski
Production Design

Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska
Art Direction

Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration

Magdalena Dipont
Assistant Set Decoration

Wiesława Starska
Costume Design

Anna Włodarczyk
Costume Assistant

Małgorzata Lewandowska
Sound Assistant

Tadeusz Wosinski
Sound Assistant

Maria Kalicinski
Assistant Editor

Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor

Halina Ber
Makeup Artist

Grażyna Dąbrowska
Assistant Makeup Artist

Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer

Alina Klobukowska
Production Executive

Małgorzata Pakuła
Production Executive

Bożena Michalska
Production Executive

Tomasz Bek
Production Executive

Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay

Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography

Piotr Zawadzki
Sound

Marlena Miarczyńska

Krystyna Wolańska

Maria Kulina

Waldemar Kapitułka

Tadeusz Andrzejewski

Bogdan Szymkowski

W. Niecięgiewicz
Media.


















Details.
Release DateNovember 27, 1978
Original NameBez znieczulenia
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 11m
Genres
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Wiki.
Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.
According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart.
The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school.
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