Without Anesthesia (1978)
2h 11m
Running Time
November 27, 1978Release Date
Without Anesthesia (1978)
2h 11m
Running Time
November 27, 1978Release Date
Plot.
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
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Cast & Crew.
Ewa Dałkowska
Ewa Michałowska
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Jerzy Michalowski
Andrzej Seweryn
Jerzy Rosciszewski
Andrzej Seweryn
Jerzy Rosciszewski
Krystyna Janda
Agata
Roman Wilhelmi
Broński
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Emilia Krakowska
Wanda Jakowicz
Agnieszka Holland
Writer
Kazimierz Kaczor
Editor-in-chief
Krzysztof Zaleski
Writer
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Joanna Cichoń
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Producer
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Porębowicz
Jerzy Derfel
Composer
Iga Mayr
Anna Łukasik
Aleksandra Jasieńska
Oleńka
Edward Kłosiński
Cinematographer
Marta Salinger
Gabcia
Stefania Iwińska
Józefa
Halina Golanko
Halina Łukasik
Danuta Balicka
Judge
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
Stenia
Zygmunt Kęstowicz
Editorial Office Secretary
Krzysztof Bauman
Student
Teodor Gendera
Judge
Zbigniew Grusznic
Student
Jacek Kałucki
Student
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
Student
Michał Kula
Student
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Editorial Office Employee
Ryszard Łabędź
Student
Sylwester Maciejewski
Student
Stanisław Michalski
Broński's Boss
Andrzej Mrowiec
Editorial Office Employee
Izabella Olejnik
Student
Witold Pyrkosz
Broński's Successor
Tomasz Stockinger
Student
Bogusław Sobczuk
TV Show Contestant
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Student
Grzegorz Wons
Student
Wojciech Wysocki
Student
Tomasz Zygadło
TV Show Contestant (uncredited)
Alicja Bienicewicz
(uncredited)
Allan Starski
Production Design
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Magdalena Dipont
Assistant Set Decoration
Małgorzata Lewandowska
Sound Assistant
Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Assistant Director
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Jerzy Tomczuk
Assistant Camera
Janusz Kalicinski
Camera Operator
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Piotr Zawadzki
Sound
Tadeusz Wosinski
Sound Assistant
Maria Kalicinski
Assistant Editor
Alina Klobukowska
Production Executive
Grażyna Dąbrowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Krystyna Grochowicz
Assistant Director
Anna Włodarczyk
Costume Assistant
Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska
Art Direction
Jolanta Jedynak
Assistant Director
Tomasz Bek
Production Executive
Jan Ossowski
Assistant Camera
Małgorzata Pakuła
Production Executive
Bożena Michalska
Production Executive
Bogdan Szymkowski
Krystyna Wolańska
W. Niecięgiewicz
Maria Kulina
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 27, 1978
Original NameBez znieczulenia
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 11m
Genres
Wiki.
Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart.
The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school.