The film, which is a reconstruction of the life and work of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known under the pseudonym Witkacy, was produced especially on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. Witkacy is one of the outstanding European artists of the early twentieth century. Author of many short stories and plays translated into eighteen languages. Author of his own philosophical system, art theorist, painter of Formist paintings and portraits, a man who left behind a legend of a unique personality.
Cast
Janusz Zakrzeński
Witkacy
Jerzy Bińczycki
Jan Sokołowski
Anna Seniuk
Anna Liptowska
Edyta Klapwyk
Winifreda Cooper
Laura Łącz
Marysia
Marek Barbasiewicz
Staszek Krzeptowski
Krzysztof Chamiec
Andrzej Sitkowski
Mariusz Wojciechowski
Jerzy Ziemski
Józef Fryźlewicz
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Józef Para
Karol Irzykowski
Jacek Romanowski
Władysław Strzemiński
Jerzy Święch
Julian Przyboś
Stanisław Bafia
Unknown
Jacek Bukowski
Unknown
Tadeusz Brzozowski
Unknown
Marian Cebulski
Theatrical Society Chairman
Bożena Dykiel
Woman talking to Witkacy
Piotr Furtak
Unknown
Marek Grechuta
Singer
Halina Gryglaszewska
Woman talking to Witkacy
Władysław Hasior
Sculptor
Jan Hencz
Priest
Stanisław Jaskułka
Witkacy's Friend
Magdalena Jastrzębska
Unknown
Jerzy Nowak
Sokołowski's Father
Władysława Nowicka
Unknown
Zygmunt Nowicki
Unknown
Małgorzata Pytlak
Unknown
Anna Waloch
Unknown
Zofia Więcławówna
Unknown
Kazimierz Witkiewicz
Karol
Stanisława Zawiszanka
Unknown
Leszek Zdybał
Unknown
Elżbieta Will
Spectator (uncredited)
Crew
Grzegorz Dubowski
Director, Screenplay
Alain van Crugten
Screenplay
Bożena Szostkowska
Editor
Jerzy Mrozewski
Director of Photography
Leslaw Wilk
First Assistant Director
Urszula Latuszewska
First Assistant Director
Dorota Filipek
Assistant Director
Andrzej Traczykowski
Production Supervisor
Roman Wołyniec
Production Design
Zofia Pruchnicka
Costume Design
Janina Kwapisz
Costume Design
Edward Kubacki
Makeup Artist
Andrzej Żabicki
Sound
Marek Grechuta
Music
Anna Jekiełek
Set Decoration