28 minutes. One room. Two egos. The most stressful exam you'll never take.
A student who missed his final exam because of illness arrives at his professor's house to beg to be allowed to take it.
Acting
Bardini's professor: terrifyingly calm, every word a trap.
Direction
Zanussi turns a living room into a psychological boxing ring.
Writing
Dialogue so loaded you'll need to pause to breathe.
Director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's 1968 political crisis; the professor's arbitrary power mirrors Communist bureaucracy. The film was briefly banned.
Bardini was actually a renowned theater director, not primarily an actor — this was his screen debut. Zanussi cast him for his intimidating intellectual presence.
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