An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out.
Acting
Pakulnis commits to the spiral with terrifying conviction.
Direction
Sztwiertnia's only film—absolute chaos or misunderstood genius?
Director
Jerzy Sztwiertnia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jerzy Sztwiertnia never made another film after this 1989 debut—some say blacklisted, others say he simply had nothing left to prove.
Released as Poland's communist era crumbled; the parallel between personal and national collapse was likely not accidental.
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