A plague-riddled fever dream where every frame looks stolen from a cursed Renaissance painting.
Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.
Direction
Has crafts impossible spaces that swallow characters whole.
Cinematography
Every shot deserves its own wing in a museum.
Production
16th century decay so tangible you can smell it.
Director
Wojciech Has
Rafał Wieczyński
Baltazar Kober
Michael Lonsdale
Cammerschulze
Emmanuelle Riva
Mother
Daniel Emilfork
Rector
Gabriela Kownacka
Gertruda
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Rosa
Evelyne Dassas
Innkeeper
Christine Laurent
Margerita
Jerzy Bończak
Flamand - Varlet
Bożena Dykiel
Garganella
Andrzej Szczepkowski
Kardinal Nenni
Zofia Merle
Maid
Henryk Machalica
Sigismund
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Mathias
Marek Barbasiewicz
Gabriel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Has spent years developing this after The Saragossa Manuscript made him Poland's weirdest export; it's his most personal and least seen.
The film adaples a novel by Polish Symbolist writer Witkacy—Has essentially filmed unfilmable literature and dared audiences to complain.
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