The Third Part of the Night (1972)
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.
Director:
Andrzej Żuławski
Writers:
Andrzej Żuławski, Mirosław Żuławski.
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Leszek Teleszyński as Michał |
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Małgorzata Braunek as Marta |
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Jan Nowicki as Jan |
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Jerzy Goliński as Michał's Father |
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Anna Milewska as Sister Klara |
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Michał Grudziński as Marian |
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Marek Walczewski as Rozenkranc |
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Hanna Stankówna as Lice Breeder |
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Alicja Jachiewicz as The Waitress |
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Leszek Długosz as Blind Man |
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Jadwiga Halina Gallowa as Rozenkrac's Mother |
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Halina Czengery as Michał's Mother |
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Grażyna Barszczewska as Lab Technician |
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Ewa Ciepiela as Lice Feeder |
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Janina Ordężanka as Olek's Mother |
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Tadeusz Huk as Lice Feeder |
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Andrzej Lajborek as Nurse |
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Janusz Miszczak as Łukasz |
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Krzysztof Fus as Olek |
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Andrzej Dobosz as Lice Feeder (uncredited) |
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Jerzy Stuhr as Lab Technician (uncredited) |
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Tadeusz Janczar as Blind Man (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Andrzej Żuławski | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Halina Ber | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Małgorzata Jaworska | Sound |
| Camera | Witold Sobociński | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Andrzej Korzyński | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
| Art | Teresa Barska | Production Design |
| Art | Stanislaw Ledóchowski | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidia Rzeszewska | Costume Design |
| Art | Jerzy Śnieżawski | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Maciej Kijowski | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bohdan Borewicz | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Piotr Jaszczuk | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Andrzej Żuławski | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mirosław Żuławski | Screenplay |
| Art | Wiesław Orłowski | Construction Foreman |
| Sound | Anna Grabowska | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Andrzej Sadowski | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Jadwiga Lesniewicz | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Grabowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Stefan Kryński | Production Consultant |
| Production | Maciej Grochowicz | Production Consultant |
| Camera | Renata Pajchel | Still Photographer |
| Production | Barbara Pec-Ślesicka | Production Manager |
| Production | Tadeusz Drewno | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Andrzej Kotkowski | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Maria Pietrzak | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Aleksy Krywsza | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Andrzej Wajda | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Danuta Iwanowska | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Janusz Szela | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Andrzej Smereka | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Krystyna Grochowicz | Script Supervisor |