The Spiral (1978)
1h 23m
Running Time
September 21, 1978Release Date
Plot.
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.
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Cast & Crew.
Jan Nowicki
Tomasz Piatek
Maja Komorowska
Teresa
Zofia Kucówna
Maria
Jan Świderski
Henryk
Aleksander Bardini
Doctor
Krzysztof Zanussi
Director
Seweryna Broniszówna
Old Woman
Wojciech Kilar
Composer
Piotr Garlicki
Henryk's Son
Edward Kłosiński
Cinematographer
Marian Glinka
Doctor
Andrzej Hudziak
Augustyn
Urszula Śliwińska
Editor
Tadeusz Wybult
ProductionDesigner
Marta Ławińska
Psychologist
Cezary Morawski
Czarek
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Sick Man in a Clinic
Joanna Sienkiewicz
Prominent's Daughter-in-Law
Andrzej Szenajch
Shelter Manager
Stefan Szmidt
Lifeguard
Daria Trafankowska
Nurse
Paweł Wawrzecki
Paweł
Ewa Ziętek
Janitor
Andrzej Mrowiec
Shelter Manager's Son
Tatiana Sosna-Sarno
Tania
Anna B. Sheppard
Costume Design
Halina Sieńska
Makeup Artist
Tadeusz Drewno
Production Manager
Wiesława Dembińska
Sound
Wojciech Alaborski
J. Barszczewski
Krystyna Bigelmajer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Spiral (Polish: Spirala) is a 1978 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi which tells the story of a stranger who turns up at a resort hotel in midwinter, behaves rudely towards other guests and disappears the next day. Found half-frozen in the snow he is taken to hospital where his story is gradually revealed. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.