An Uneventful Story (1983)
A well-known professor of medicine finding himself at the threshold of autumn of his life, takes stock of his achievements and experiences. "In the end it ends with what has been known for a long time: that conscious life without a fixed worldview is not life, but torment, horror. - wrote Anton Chekhov in one of his letters summarizing "An Uninteresting Story". The protagonist, Professor Nikolai Stepanovich, is a character characteristic of Chekhov's entire oeuvre - a Russian intellectual from the late nineteenth century, depressed by boredom and a sense of his own uselessness and the meaninglessness of his existence.
Director:
Wojciech Has
Writer:
Wojciech Has
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Gustaw Holoubek as Professor |
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Hanna Mikuć as Katarzyna |
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Anna Milewska as Weronika |
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Elwira Romańczuk as Liza |
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Marek Bargiełowski as Michał |
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Janusz Gajos as Aleksander Gnekker |
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Janusz Michałowski as Piotr |
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Władysław Dewoyno as Mikołaj |
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Ewa Frąckiewicz as Katarzyna's Servant |
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Jan Konieczny as PhD Student |
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Włodzimierz Musiał as Professor's Servant |
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Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak as Inn Waiter |
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Leszek Żentara as Student |
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Jacek Glowacki as Student (uncredited) |
| Directing | Wojciech Has | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marta Kobierska | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aurelia Łopatowska | Makeup Department Head |
| Camera | Grzegorz Kędzierski | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Short Story |
| Camera | Piotr Sobociński | Camera Operator |
| Art | Bolesław Miziołek | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Alicja Kluba | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hanna Ostrach | Assistant Director |
| Art | Edward Koralewski | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Directing | Janusz Weychert | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Stanislaw Matuszewski | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jan Górski | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Andrzej Haliński | Production Design |
| Art | Wojciech Jaworski | Art Direction |
| Production | Konstanty Lewkowicz | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Waldemar Prokopowicz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marek Ciecierski | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ewa Braun | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Piotr Domaradzki | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Wanda Niedzielska | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Piotr Ćwikliński | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Boleslaw Pieczynski | Art Direction |
| Editing | Małgorzata Orłowska | Co-Editor |
| Crew | Jerzy Rogowski | Stunts |
| Art | Ewa Kossowska | Art Direction |
| Sound | Janusz Rosół | Sound |
| Sound | Józef Druś | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Barbara Lewandowska-Conio | Editor |
| Sound | Jerzy Maksymiuk | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Wojciech Has | Screenplay |