Conversation with a Cupboard Man (1994)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 2, 1994Release Date
Conversation with a Cupboard Man (1994)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 2, 1994Release Date
Plot.
Charles sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Charles' tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Charles starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.
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Cast & Crew.
Bożena Adamek
Mother
Karol Cieślar
Three-year old Karol
Rafał Olbrychski
Karol
Adam Ferency
Chef
Maciej Wilk
Karol, 7 year
Marek Walczewski
Teacher
Mariusz Grzegorzek
Director
Ian McEwan
Writer
Stanisława Celińska
Postwoman
Leon Niemczyk
Inspector
Ewa Frąckiewicz
Mrs Weiss
Jolanta Dylewska
Cinematographer
Marek Siudym
Mother's Fiance
Piotr Pawłowski
Death
Dorota Wardęszkiewicz
Editor
Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
Gravedigger
Katarzyna Bargiełowska
Young Cook
Alicja Cichecka
Cook
Zofia Kopacz
Cook
Barbara Marszałek
Job Office Clerk
Andrzej Kierc
Facility Director
Mirosław Siedler
Facility Trainer
Ewa Gajda
Woman in Karol's old Apartment
Gabriela Muskała
Woman in a Park
Details.
Release DateMarch 2, 1994
Original NameRozmowa z czlowiekiem z szafy
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
Wiki.
Conversation with a Cupboard Man (Polish: Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy, also known as The Conversation with the Man from the Closet) is a 1993 Polish drama film written and directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek and loosely based on a short story by Ian McEwan.The film was entered into the main competition at the 50th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It also won the Special Jury Prize at the 1993 Polish Film Festival.