Without Anesthesia (1978) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 27, 1978

Original Title:
Bez znieczulenia

Alternate Titles:
Rough Treatment
不求麻醉药

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
WFDiF
Zespół Filmowy "X"

Production Countries:
France | Poland

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 131

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.

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Art Direction:
Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska

Assistant Camera:
Jan Ossowski
Jerzy Tomczuk

Assistant Director:
Krystyna Grochowicz
Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Jolanta Jedynak

Assistant Editor:
Maria Kalicinski

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Grażyna Dąbrowska

Assistant Set Decoration:
Magdalena Dipont

Camera Operator:
Janusz Kalicinski

Costume Assistant:
Anna Włodarczyk

Costume Design:
Wiesława Starska

Director:
Andrzej Wajda

Director of Photography:
Edward Kłosiński

Editor:
Halina Prugar-Ketling

Makeup Artist:
Halina Ber

Production Design:
Allan Starski

Production Executive:
Alina Klobukowska
Małgorzata Pakuła
Bożena Michalska
Tomasz Bek

Production Manager:
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka

Screenplay:
Agnieszka Holland
Andrzej Wajda

Set Decoration:
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek

Sound:
Piotr Zawadzki

Sound Assistant:
Małgorzata Lewandowska
Tadeusz Wosinski

Still Photographer:
Renata Pajchel

Writers' Assistant:
Krzysztof Zaleski

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