A 45-minute gut punch about time leaving you behind — Polish TV cinema at its cruelest.
After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality.
Acting
Fijewski's wordless devastation in doorways.
Direction
Łęski traps the old man in frame compositions he doesn't fit.
Director
Janusz Łęski
Tadeusz Fijewski
Grażyna's Father
Stanisława Celińska
Suicide Victim
Aleksandra Zawieruszanka
Grażyna
Włodzimierz Bednarski
Zygmunt
Tadeusz Borowski
Rysiek
Wojciech Brzozowicz
Party Guest
Witold Dederko
Man Saved By Firefighters
Jan Himilsbach
Seller
Wacław Kowalski
Park Caretaker
Andrzej Krasicki
Jarosz
Zbigniew Kryński
Party Guest
Marian Łącz
Fire Witness
Wiktor Nanowski
Militiaman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Polish television in 1972, this belongs to the 'small stabilization' era — when communist consumerism promised comfort while eroding traditional community structures.
Łęski frames the father repeatedly through doorways and windows he cannot pass through — visual grammar that turns architecture into emotional prison.
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