Zbigniew Cybulski's ghost haunts this Macbeth rehearsal like smoke through a shattered mirror.
A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.
Acting
Warnecki's Macbeth channels something genuinely unhinged.
Direction
Antczak collapses stage and memory until you can't breathe.
Cinematography
Shadows eat faces; Poland's grief made visible.
Director
Jerzy Antczak
Janusz Warnecki
Master
Ignacy Gogolewski
Young Actor
Ryszarda Hanin
Zofia Kowalska
Henryk Borowski
Attorney
Zbigniew Cybulski
Director
Andrzej Łapicki
Dr. Roman Kawski
Igor Śmiałowski
Gestapo Officer
Andrzej Żarnecki
Pianist
Andrzej Szenajch
Gestapo Interpreter
Józef Nalberczak
Student
Juliusz Kalinowski
Old Man
Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta
Young Woman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Polish October thaw when artists briefly breathed before 1968's crackdown. The film's suffocating atmosphere predicted its own suppression.
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