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The Calm is a 1980 Polish television drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr, Izabella Olszewska, and Jerzy Trela. Based on a story by Lech Borski and a screenplay by Kieślowski and Jerzy Stuhr, the film is about a young man who leaves prison after a three-year sentence seeking to start a new life. His dreams of a better life are broken, however, when he is forced into a conflict between a corrupt construction company boss and his fellow workers who go on strike. The Calm was filmed on location in Kraków and completed in 1976, but was banned by the state because of its subject matter—strikes were illegal in Poland during that time. The film was finally shown on Polish television for the first time on 19 September 1980. In 1981, The Calm received the Polish Film Festival Special Jury Prize.
Original Release
09/19/1980
Cast
Name | Character |
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Izabella Olszewska | Bozena |
Jerzy Trela | |
Danuta Ruksza | Bozena / Bożena, żona Gralaka |
Elzbieta Karkoszka | Kryśka Stańczak |
Jerzy Fedorowicz | |
Stefan Mienicki | |
Michal Zarnecki | |
Ryszard Palik | |
Stanislaw Gronkowski | |
Marian Cebulski |
Directors
Writers
Jerzy Stuhr, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Lech Borski
Cast
Name | Character |
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Izabella Olszewska | Bozena |
Jerzy Trela | |
Danuta Ruksza | Bozena / Bożena, żona Gralaka |
Elzbieta Karkoszka | Kryśka Stańczak |
Jerzy Fedorowicz | |
Stefan Mienicki | |
Michal Zarnecki | |
Ryszard Palik | |
Stanislaw Gronkowski | |
Marian Cebulski | |
Ferdynand Wójcik | |
Edward Dobrzanski | |
Jan Adamski | |
Janusz Sykutera | |
Stanislaw Marczewski | |
Ryszard Dreger | |
Jan Nizinski | |
Feliks Szajnert | |
Jerzy Stuhr | Antek Gralak |
Iván Amozurrutia | Mietek |