Conversation with a Cupboard Man (1994)
Charles sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Charles' tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Charles starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.
Director: Mariusz Grzegorzek
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Bożena Adamek as Mother |
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Rafał Olbrychski as Karol |
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Karol Cieślar as Three-year old Karol |
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Maciej Wilk as Seven-year old Karol |
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Adam Ferency as Chef |
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Marek Walczewski as Teacher |
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Stanisława Celińska as Postwoman |
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Leon Niemczyk as Inspector |
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Ewa Frąckiewicz as Mrs Weiss |
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Marek Siudym as Mother's Fiance |
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Piotr Pawłowski as Death |
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Wiesława Mazurkiewicz as Gravedigger |
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Katarzyna Bargiełowska as Young Cook |
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Alicja Cichecka as Cook |
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Zofia Kopacz as Cook |
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Barbara Marszałek as Job Office Clerk |
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Andrzej Kierc as Facility Director |
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Mirosław Siedler as Facility Trainer |
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Ewa Gajda as Woman in Karol's old Apartment |
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Gabriela Muskała as Woman in a Park |
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Tomasz Gaduła-Zawratyński as |
| Directing | Mariusz Grzegorzek | Director |
| Directing | Xawery Żuławski | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jolanta Dylewska | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dorota Wardęszkiewicz | Editor |
| Art | Jerzy Wójcik | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Konstanty Lewkowicz | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Artur Urbański | Assistant Director |
| Art | Mariusz Front | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Izabela Stronias | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jan Freda | Sound |
| Production | Piotr Strzelecki | Production Manager |
| Art | Wojciech Has | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Wojciech Żogała | Production Design |
| Art | Marek Zawierucha | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Malgorzata Zawadzka-Lewik | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Kieszczyńska | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Mariusz Grzegorzek | Writer |