Without Anesthesia
131 mins
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.
Krystyna Grochowicz
Assistant Director
Jolanta Jedynak
Assistant Director
Alina Klobukowska
Production Executive
Janusz Kaliciński
Camera Operator
Tadeusz Wosinski
Sound Assistant
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Jan Ossowski
Assistant Camera
Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska
Art Direction
Jerzy Tomczuk
Assistant Camera
Grażyna Dąbrowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Małgorzata Lewandowska
Sound Assistant
Małgorzata Pakuła
Production Executive
Anna Włodarczyk
Costume Assistant
Bożena Michalska
Production Executive
Tomasz Bek
Production Executive
Maria Kalicinski
Assistant Editor
Piotr Zawadzki
Sound