A soldier comes home from war and accidentally starts a cult. Polish chaos ensues.
Acting
Kociniak's deadpan soldier playing straight man to lunatic villagers.
Writing
Satirical script mocking both religious fervor and military bureaucracy.
Director
Tadeusz Lis
Marian Kociniak
Marcin Kabat
Magdalena Zawadzka
Kasia
Barbara Wrzesińska
Disperanda
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Sarka-Farka
Wojciech Pokora
Scholastyk
Tadeusz Kondrat
Belzebub
Jerzy Kamas
Solfernus
Marek Kondrat
Lucjusz
Jan Prochyra
Karborund
Janusz Gajos
Omnimor
Zdzisław Wardejn
Belial
Jan Kociniak
Teofil
Andrzej Fedorowicz
Łowczy
Jan Jurewicz
Diabeł
Janusz Rewiński
Diabeł
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's Solidarity crackdown, the film's religious satire slipped past censors who missed its political subtext about manufactured heroes.
The village was a real location where locals genuinely believed Kociniak was a visiting dignitary, adding accidental documentary footage to the fiction.
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