Released:
1978-11-27

Overview:
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.

Director:
Andrzej Wajda

Runtime:
2h 11min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
  as
  Jerzy Michałowski
• 
  Ewa Dałkowska
  as
  Ewa Michałowska
• 
  Andrzej Seweryn
  as
  Jacek Rościszewski
• 
  Krystyna Janda
  as
  Agata
• 
  Roman Wilhelmi
  as
  Broński