An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, transposed to a contemporary setting. A couple visits a remote asylum where the woman knows the staff, only to discover that the institution is overrun and the lines between doctors and patients have collapsed.
Cast
Jerzy Przybylski
Old Doctor
Krzysztof Kalczyński
Paweł Bergen
Irena Szczurowska
Lena
Maja Komorowska
Lisa
Hanna Stankówna
Singer
Henryk Boukołowski
Orsini
Józef Kondrat
Actor
Wiesław Michnikowski
Titkin
Adam Mularczyk
Patient
Piotr Pawłowski
Patient
Paweł Unrug
Young Doctor
Bogusz Bilewski
Patient (uncredited)
Zofia Czerwińska
Patient (uncredited)
Józef Duriasz
Patient (uncredited)
Crew
Janusz Majewski
Director, Screenplay
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Janina Niedźwiecka
Editor
Józef Bartczak
Assistant Editor
Wiesław Zdort
Director of Photography
Halina Garus
First Assistant Director
E. Stachlewska
Assistant Director
Maciej Wojtyszko
Assistant Director
Tadeusz Wybult
Production Design
Maciej Kijowski
Camera Operator
Jan Górski
Assistant Camera
Alicja Wahl
Costume Design
Bożena Wahl
Costume Design
Ewa Furmańczyk
Costume Assistant
Barbara Marcinkowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Anna Śmiech
Makeup Artist
Hieronim Klimczak
Sound Assistant
Zbigniew Przygodzki
Sound Assistant
Wiesław Ćwikliński
Sound
Piotr Marczewski
Music Consultant
Bohdan Mazurek
Music
Stanisław Kasprzysiak
Dialogue
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Set Decoration
Felicja Blaszynska
Assistant Production Design
Jan Szymański
Production Manager
Waldemar Kuna
Assistant Production Manager
Henryk Kulkowski
Assistant Production Manager
Edward Kłosowicz
Assistant Production Manager