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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 world is falling apart. The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school. The film opens with Jerzy sitting in as a celebrity-guest on a mildly idiotic television talkshow, but when he returns home that evening, he finds that his wife has walked out on him, taking their daughter with her, to live with a younger man. On its surface, the film seems to be about Jerzy's attempts to win back his wife, Ewa (Ewa Dalkowska), and to come to some understanding about what went wrong with their marriage. But as is often the case with Polish films[weasel words], what went wrong is inextricably bound up with politics.
Original Release
11/27/1978
US Release
10/09/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Zbigniew Zapasiewicz | Jerzy Michalowski |
Ewa Dalkowska | Ewa Michalowska |
Andrzej Seweryn | Jerzy Rosciszewski |
Krystyna Janda | Agata |
Emilia Krakowska | Wanda Jakowicz / Wanda Jakowicz, przyjaciółka Ewy |
Roman Wilhelmi | Bronski / Broński |
Kazimierz Kaczor | Editor-in-chief / Redaktor naczelny |
Iga Mayr | Ewa's Mother / Anna Łukasik, matka Ewy |
Aleksandra Jasienska | Olenka |
Marta Salinger | Gabcia |
Directors
Writers
Krzysztof Zaleski, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland
Cast
Name | Character |
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Zbigniew Zapasiewicz | Jerzy Michalowski |
Ewa Dalkowska | Ewa Michalowska |
Andrzej Seweryn | Jerzy Rosciszewski |
Krystyna Janda | Agata |
Emilia Krakowska | Wanda Jakowicz / Wanda Jakowicz, przyjaciółka Ewy |
Roman Wilhelmi | Bronski / Broński |
Kazimierz Kaczor | Editor-in-chief / Redaktor naczelny |
Iga Mayr | Ewa's Mother / Anna Łukasik, matka Ewy |
Aleksandra Jasienska | Olenka |
Marta Salinger | Gabcia |
Stefania Iwinska | Józefa / Józefa, gosposia Michałowskich |
Halina Golanko | Halina Lukasik / Halina Łukasik, siostra Ewy |
Jerzy Stuhr | Jerzy Porebowicz / Jerzy Porębowicz, adwokat Ewy Michałowskiej |
Magda Teresa Wójcik | Joanna Cichon / Joanna Cichoń, adwokat Jerzego |
Danuta Balicka | Judge / Sędzia |
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz | Stenia |
Zygmunt Kestowicz | Secretary / Sekretarz redakcji |
Tadeusz Andrzejewski | |
Krzysztof Bauman | Student |
Teodor Gendera | Judge |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Barbara Pec-Slesicka | Producer |