El director de orquesta (1980)
Después de cincuenta años de exilio, un viejo y célebre director de orquesta decide regresar a su patria. Durante los ensayos tiene un enfrentamiento con el director local, hombre ambicioso y marido posesivo de una violinista, hija de la mujer de la que el exiliado estuvo enamorado en su juventud. El film presenta el enfrentamiento entre dos éticas, la del anciano enamorado del arte, y la del inescrupuloso advenedizo, capaz de utilizar cualquier medio para lograr sus fines. Entre ambos, la mujer que, inevitablemente reconoce la realidad, y actúa como desencadenante del conflicto.
Directora: Andrzej Wajda
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John Gielgud as John Lasocki |
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Krystyna Janda as Marta |
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Andrzej Seweryn as Adam Pietryk |
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Jan Ciecierski as Marta's Father |
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Tadeusz Czechowski as Tadzio |
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Marek Dąbrowski as Cultural Office Clerk |
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Józef Fryźlewicz as Voivod |
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Janusz Gajos as Dignitary from Warsaw |
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Stanisław Górka as Bassist |
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Jerzy Kleyn as |
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Mary Ann Krasiński as Marta's Friend |
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Anna Łopatowska as Anna |
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Elżbieta Strzałkowska as |
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Maria Seweryn as Marysia |
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Jerzy Szmidt as |
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Mewis Walker as Lilian |
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Wojciech Wysocki as Kwiatkowski |
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Stanisław Zatłoka as Rysio |
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Mariusz Gorczyński as Warsaw Violinist (uncredited) |
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Tadeusz Hanusek as Warsaw Violinist (uncredited) |
| Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Art | Maria Osiecka-Kuminek | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wiesława Starska | Costume Design |
| Sound | Piotr Zawadzki | Sound |
| Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Adamek | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grażyna Dąbrowska | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Barbara Pec-Ślesicka | Production Manager |
| Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
| Directing | Jakub Z. Rucinski | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Andrzej Kazanecki | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jolanta Jedynak | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Andrzej Kijowski | Short Story |
| Art | Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Joanna Lebanow | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Józef Runo | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Płochocka | Costume Assistant |
| Sound | Małgorzata Jaworska | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Dorota Tuchołka | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Wacław Borawski | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Stanisław Hojden | Sound Assistant |
| Editing | Barbara Grodner | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Ewa Smal | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Renata Pajchel | Still Photographer |
| Production | Alina Klobukowska | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Tomasz Bek | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Maciej Skalski | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Jolanta Jarzęcka | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Wanda Helbert | Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Andrzej Kijowski | Writer |
| Sound | Ludwig van Beethoven | Music |
| Camera | Sławomir Idziak | Director of Photography |