Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.
Production
1971 Polish TV budget creating 'futuristic' Warsaw via sheer willpower.
Acting
Józef Nowak plays dual identity with straight-faced commitment to nonsense.
Writing
"Abstinence" as superhero weakness. Someone was having fun.
Director
Andrzej Kondratiuk
Józef Nowak
Jan Walczak / As
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Doctor Plama
Roman Kłosowski
Prince Maharaja
Wiesław Gołas
Taxi Driver
Wiesław Michnikowski
Professor Milczarek
Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
Flower Seller
Ewa Szykulska
Jola
Jerzy Dobrowolski
Interpreter
Jerzy Duszyński
Frątczak
Bolesław Kamiński
Little Man
Czesław Lasota
Walczak's Friend
Franciszek Pieczka
Sailor
Wojciech Pokora
Walczak's Friend
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Poland's communist era, the film satirizes bureaucratic inefficiency through sci-fi—a classic Eastern Bloc strategy of hiding social critique in genre tropes.
Director Andrzej Kondratiuk was primarily known for documentaries; this rare fiction entry was reportedly made in six days for state television.
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