The Black Dress (1967)
A stark, two-character chamber drama about Joanna, a middle-aged woman who returns from the camps after World War II. Seeking out her deceased husband’s mother, she cannot bring herself to reveal the truth about his fate. Instead, she invents a story to spare the grieving woman further pain. What begins as a compassionate lie soon entangles Joanna in an ever-growing web of deception, as more people who know the truth become drawn into her fragile fiction.
Director:
Janusz Majewski
Writer:
Janusz Majewski
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Ida Kamińska as Karola |
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Aleksandra Śląska as Joanna |
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Maria Broniewska as Widow |
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Ewa Milde as Telephone Operator |
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Andrzej May as Jerzy |
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Andrzej Jędrzejewski as |
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Tadeusz Osinski as |
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Bohdan Sobiesiak as |
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Henryk Szletyński as Elderly Man (uncredited) |
| Directing | Janusz Majewski | Director |
| Writing | Janusz Majewski | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stanislaw Wygodzki | Short Story |
| Directing | Halina Lachowicz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Krystyna Chilińska | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Andrzej Ramlau | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jerzy Majak | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Tadeusz Wybult | Production Design |
| Art | Leonard Mokicz | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Karmolińska | Costume Design |
| Sound | Andrzej Salamon | Music |
| Sound | Józef Koprowicz | Sound |
| Editing | Maria Mastalinska | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tadeusz Schossler | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tadeusz Urbanowicz | Production Manager |
| Production | Stanislaw Moroszkiewicz | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Mieczysław Adler | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Tadeusz Drewno | Assistant Production Manager |
| Editing | Janina Niedźwiecka | Editor |
| Camera | Jan Janczewski | Director of Photography |