The read
A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
Ratings
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
289 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
- Jerzy AndrzejewskiScreenplay
- Andrzej WajdaScreenplay
Cast
- Zbigniew CybulskiMaciek Chełmicki
- Ewa KrzyżewskaKrystyna Rozbicka
- Wacław ZastrzeżynskiSzczuka
- Adam PawlikowskiAndrzej Kossecki
- Bogumił KobielaDrewnowski
- Jan CiecierskiPorter
- Stanisław MilskiPieniążek
- Artur MłodnickiKotowicz
- Halina KwiatkowskaStaniewiczowa
- Ignacy MachowskiWaga
- Zbigniew SkowrońskiSlomka
- Barbara KrafftównaStefka
Stills
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