Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.
Cast
Leszek Teleszyński
Michał
Małgorzata Braunek
Marta
Jan Nowicki
Jan
Jerzy Goliński
Michał's Father
Anna Milewska
Sister Klara
Michał Grudziński
Marian
Marek Walczewski
Rozenkranc
Hanna Stankówna
Lice Breeder
Alicja Jachiewicz
The Waitress
Leszek Długosz
Blind Man
Jadwiga Halina Gallowa
Rozenkrac's Mother
Halina Czengery
Michał's Mother
Grażyna Barszczewska
Lab Technician
Ewa Ciepiela
Lice Feeder
Janina Ordężanka
Olek's Mother
Tadeusz Huk
Lice Feeder
Andrzej Lajborek
Nurse
Janusz Miszczak
Łukasz
Krzysztof Fus
Olek
Andrzej Dobosz
Lice Feeder (uncredited)
Jerzy Stuhr
Lab Technician (uncredited)
Tadeusz Janczar
Blind Man (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Andrzej Żuławski
Director, Screenplay
Mirosław Żuławski
Screenplay
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Jadwiga Lesniewicz
Assistant Editor
Witold Sobociński
Director of Photography
Andrzej Kotkowski
First Assistant Director
Maria Pietrzak
Assistant Director
Teresa Barska
Production Design
Maciej Kijowski
Camera Operator
Piotr Jaszczuk
Assistant Camera
Bohdan Borewicz
Assistant Camera
Lidia Rzeszewska
Costume Design
Anna Grabowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Halina Ber
Makeup Artist
Andrzej Wajda
Supervising Art Director
Andrzej Sadowski
Sound Assistant
Małgorzata Jaworska
Sound
Aleksy Krywsza
Lighting Technician
Andrzej Korzyński
Original Music Composer
Anna Grabowska
Music Consultant
Stanislaw Ledóchowski
Set Decoration
Wiesław Orłowski
Construction Foreman
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Stefan Kryński
Production Consultant
Maciej Grochowicz
Production Consultant
Krystyna Grochowicz
Script Supervisor
Jerzy Śnieżawski
Assistant Production Design
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager
Tadeusz Drewno
Assistant Production Manager
Andrzej Smereka
Assistant Production Manager
Janusz Szela
Assistant Production Manager
Danuta Iwanowska
Assistant Production Manager
