| Release Date: | Oct 2003 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Romance / War |
| Awards: | 11 wins & 7 nominations |
| Runtime: | 117 min |
| Cast: | Krzysztof Majchrzak (Fryderyk), Adam Ferency (Witold), Krzysztof Globisz (Hipolit) Grazyna Blecka-Kolska (Maria, Hipolit's Wife) Grzegorz Damiecki (Waclaw Paszkowski) Jan Frycz (Siemian) Irena Laskowska (Amelia, Waclaw's Mother) Sandra Samos (Henia) Anna Baniowska (Servant Weronika) Kazimierz Mazur (Karol) Jan Urbanski (Skuziak, Amelia's Killer) Magdalena Rózczka (Sitting Room Landlady) Henryk Niebudek (German Soldier Hans) Dariusz Toczek (German Soldier) Jerzy Chojnowski (Gustaw) Mariola Kukula (Servant) Henryk Tomczyk (Stelmach) Michal Jasinski (Farm-hand) Robert Ostolski (Priest) Andrzej Jakubas (Landowner from Ikan) Jolanta Lagodzinska (Landowner's Wife) Magdalena Mirek (Nun) Anna Kutkowska (Girl in the Wood) Tomasz Krzemieniecki (German Soldier) Grazyna Zielinska (Washerwoman) Ireneusz Czop (Manager Wyszynski) Beata Luczak (Cook) Piotr Siejka (Shopkeeper) Andrzej Szenajch (Sacristan) Zbigniew Modej (Dead Guerilla) Jacek Jelen (Dead Guerilla) |
Witold narrates a story. In Warsaw, in 1943, he meets the cultivated Fryderyk at a salon and they become friends. He takes Fryderyk with him to the country estate of Hipolit, Maria, and Henia, their teen daughter. Hipolit aids local resistance fighters. Fryderyk embarks on a game to engineer the cuckolding of Waclaw, Henia's fiancé, by Karol, a youth in the household who's Henia's long-time friend. War intrudes on the country idyll when a murder happens during dinner at the estate and when the local guerrilla commander seems to lose his grip. Rumors that the war may end soon don't halt deadly turns. What is Fryderyk's nature, and what has shaped it?
