When Angels Fall (1959)
The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.
Director:
Roman Polanski
Writer:
Roman Polanski
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Barbara Lass as Young Woman |
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Roman Polanski as Old Woman |
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Henryk Kluba as Deserter |
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Andrzej Kondratiuk as The Son |
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Stefan Bartik as The Girl's Father (uncredited) |
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Ryszard Filipski as Customer (uncredited) |
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Andrzej Kostenko as Customer (uncredited) |
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Henryk Kucharski as Drunk Man (uncredited) |
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Jakub Goldberg as Meter Man |
| Writing | Roman Polanski | Screenplay |
| Directing | Roman Polanski | Director |
| Sound | Krzysztof Komeda | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Henryk Kucharski | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kazimierz Wisniak | Production Design |