What if your Monday was so bad it became Polish national cinema?
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Writing
Script smuggles satire past censors with pure clown logic.
Acting
Witkiewicz's Italian bureaucrat is pure exasperated perfection.
Director
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Kazimierz Witkiewicz
Francesco Rovanelli
Zygmunt Apostoł
Artist
Bogusz Bilewski
Driver
Mieczysław Czechowicz
Robber
Andrzej Gawroński
Władek
Andrzej Herder
Militiaman
Joanna Kasperska
Joasia
Juliusz Kalinowski
Grandfather
Teofila Koronkiewicz
Woman with a Dog
Mitchell Kowall
Mroz
Halina Kowalska
Marianna
Wacław Kowalski
Crane Operator
Hilary Kurpanik
Car Owner
Czesław Lasota
Crane Operator's Assistant
Henryk Łapiński
Director's Assistant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Polish Film School's waning years, Chmielewski sneaked anti-bureaucratic satire past censors by making everyone equally incompetent.
The Italian embassy supposedly protested the film, which only boosted its popularity—proving that 1971 and today aren't so different after all.
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