The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
40 audience votes
Key crew
- Wojciech MarczewskiDirector
- Wojciech MarczewskiScreenplay
Cast
- Janusz GajosCensor Rabkiewicz
- Zbigniew ZamachowskiCensor's Assistant
- Teresa MarczewskaMałgorzata
- Piotr FronczewskiKW Secretary
- Władysław KowalskiTadeusz
- Michał BajorFilm Critic
- Jan PeszekRaskolnikow
- Jerzy BińczyckiKarwański
- Artur BarciśProjectionist Krzysio
- Maciej KozłowskiAmerican Actor
- Henryk BistaJanik
- Ewa WencelCensor's Secretary
Stills
Themes
communismcensorship