

One Room Tenants
1960-02-08 · 92 min · ★ 6.1
A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.
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- Directors
- Wojciech Has
- Production companies
- Zespół Filmowy "Kamera"
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Mieczysław GajdaLucjan Salis
Gustaw HoloubekDziadzia
Adam PawlikowskiZygmunt Stukonis
Beata TyszkiewiczTeodozja
Irena NettoStukonisowa
Zdzisław MaklakiewiczJózef Bednarczyk
Halina Buyno-ŁozaNeighbour
Krystyna FeldmanCaretaker
Zuzanna HelskaFelicja
Krzysztof LitwinStudent
Andrzej KozakCommunist
Irena OrskaMrs. Bove
Józef PierackiPolice Commissioner
Ryszard PietruskiMieciek Stukonis
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