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
Jolanta Jedynak
Assistant Director
Alina Klobukowska
Production Executive
Janusz Kaliciński
Camera Operator
Tadeusz Wosinski
Sound Assistant
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Jan Ossowski
Assistant Camera
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska
Art Direction
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Jerzy Tomczuk
Assistant Camera
Allan Starski
Production Design
Grażyna Dąbrowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Małgorzata Lewandowska
Sound Assistant
Magdalena Dipont
Assistant Set Decoration
Małgorzata Pakuła
Production Executive
Anna Włodarczyk
Costume Assistant
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Bożena Michalska
Production Executive
Tomasz Bek
Production Executive
Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Assistant Director
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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