A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
Writing
Dialogue sharper than a disgruntled clerk's paper cuts.
Direction
Różewicz balances cosmic stakes with mundane pettiness perfectly.
Acting
Opaliński's bureaucrat energy transcends life and death itself.
Director
Stanisław Różewicz
Kazimierz Opaliński
Ignacy Zasada
Andrzej Szczepkowski
Franciszek
Wiesław Michnikowski
Stefan
Irena Szczurowska
Katarzyna "Kika" Słaboś
Marta Lipińska
Piotruś's Guardian Angel
Tadeusz Pluciński
Ignacy's Guardian Devil
Hanka Bielicka
Franciszek's Second Wife
Jan Ciecierski
Kostuś
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Devil
Jacek Fedorowicz
Screenwriter
Krystyna Feldman
Bus Passenger
Aleksander Fogiel
Heaven Citizen talking about Food on Earth
Wanda Jakubińska
Ignacy's Grandmother
Bogumił Kobiela
Marquis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Poland's 1966 millennial celebrations, this quietly mocked Communist bureaucracy under the guise of religious satire—subversive genius.
Różewicz adapted from his own brother Tadeusz's poetry; Tadeusz was a Nobel-nominated poet who hated this film's commercial compromises.
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