Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
Direction
Bareja's surgical precision with escalating farce.
Acting
Kowalewski's perfect panic as a man drowning in his own lies.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it could cut through red tape.
Director
Stanisław Bareja
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Tadeusz Krzakoski
Bronisław Pawlik
Roman Ferde
Stanisław Tym
Dudała / Szymek
Ewa Wiśniewska
Anna
Ewa Ziętek
Danusia
Marek Bargiełowski
Gynecologist
Damian Damięcki
Truck Driver
Jerzy Duszyński
Kazio
Andrzej Fedorowicz
Mrugała
Janusz Gajos
Store Manager
Kazimierz Kaczor
Auto Shop Manager
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Father
Józef Nalberczak
Worker at Train Station
Tadeusz Pluciński
Henryk Kwaśniewski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bareja was Poland's most popular director despite constant government interference — his comedies let citizens laugh at the absurdity of their reality without explicit political danger.
The 'mistress pregnancy' plot was Bareja's signature move: put a mediocre man in an impossible situation, then watch institutions and ego destroy him. Tym's dual role as Dudała/Szymek creates the film's most surreal moments of mistaken identity.
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