Lesson of a Dead Language

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Lesson of a Dead Language

1979

1h 36m

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Overview

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.

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30 members

Acting

Olgierd Łukaszewicz

porucznik Alfred Kiekeritz

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Ewa Dałkowska

Olga Diana, medium

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Małgorzata Pritulak

dróżniczka Liza Kut

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Gustaw Lutkiewicz

leśniczy Szwanda

Directing

Juliusz Machulski

Moszko, strażnik jeńców

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Irena Karel

pielęgniarka Irina

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Marek Kondrat

porucznik von Traut

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Piotr Pawłowski

doktor Stieglitz

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Mieczysław Voit

dyrektor cyrku

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Włodzimierz Boruński

Roth, recepcjonista w hotelu

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Zygmunt Malanowicz

Valasek, naczelnik stacji

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Kazimierz Iwor

Wasserzug, właściciel hotelu

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Franciszek Trzeciak

Iwan Pelechaty, wachmistrz żandarmerii

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Tadeusz Bartosik

major w łaźni

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Ryszard Kotys

strażnik jeńców

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Andrzej Mrowiec

pop z Turki

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Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

komunista Miron

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Piotr Probosz

jeniec Iwan Bodrow

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Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska

Fabiola, właścicielka burdelu

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Józef Zbiróg

Trau

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Bogdan Baer

pop

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Witold Dederko

pop

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Ryszard Dreger

jeniec

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Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski

dziedzic ze spalonego dworu

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Borys Marynowski

oficer austriacki

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Tatiana Sosna-Sarno

Nastka, służąca Szwandy

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Krystyna Tolewska

[obsada aktorska]

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Robert Mazurkiewicz

[obsada aktorska] (nie występuje w napisach)

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Jerzy Prażmowski

jeniec (nie występuje w napisach)

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Witold Skaruch

Kwasirzór, dyrektor gimnazjum (nie występuje w napisach)

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