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 |
| Directing | Hanna Ostrach | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Stanislaw Matuszewski | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Ewa Braun | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edward Koralewski | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Boleslaw Pieczynski | Art Direction |
| Art | Andrzej Haliński | Production Design |
| Art | Wanda Niedzielska | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Ewa Kossowska | Art Direction |
| Sound | Piotr Domaradzki | Sound Assistant |
| Production | Konstanty Lewkowicz | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Alicja Kluba | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Piotr Sobociński | Camera Operator |
| Art | Bolesław Miziołek | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Janusz Rosół | Sound |
| Sound | Józef Druś | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Piotr Ćwikliński | Sound Assistant |
| Directing | Janusz Weychert | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Waldemar Prokopowicz | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marek Ciecierski | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jan Górski | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Małgorzata Orłowska | Co-Editor |
| Crew | Jerzy Rogowski | Stunts |
| Art | Wojciech Jaworski | Art Direction |
| Editing | Barbara Lewandowska-Conio | Editor |
| Sound | Jerzy Maksymiuk | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Wojciech Has | Screenplay |