Warsaw, Poland, 1953. Mr. T., a renowned writer, lives in a hotel and earns his living by giving private lessons.
Social & External
The people behind it
Paweł Wilczak
Mr. T.
Sebastian Stankiewicz
Filak
Maria Sobocińska
maturzystka Dagna
Jerzy Bończak
Bolesław Bierut
Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Iruś
Zdzisław Wardejn
pan Kozera
Anna Ilczuk
pani dyrektor wydawnictwa "Nowy Czytelnik"
Katarzyna Gniewkowska
pani redaktor wydawnictwa "Iskry"
Przemysław Bluszcz
Kaziu
Katarzyna Warnke
żona Kazia
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An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
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