

Before he broke your heart with Three Colors, Kieślowski broke your brain with bureaucracy.
24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.
Direction
Kieślowski's ruthless patience—no music, no mercy
Editing
22 minutes that feel like a haunted 8-hour shift

Director
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kieślowski shot this during his 'documentary period' before the government banned his later social realist works for being too critical.
The operating scene was reportedly unscripted; the crew nearly fainted, Kieślowski kept rolling.
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