

Lesser Evil
2009-10-23 · 110 min · ★ 5.2
There is a writer who in the late 1970s managed to publish a poem in the monthly "Nowy Wyraz". It was enough to become a self-confessed writer whose name began to appear in the state media. The writer takes full advantage of his privileges - he flirts with power, sympathizes with the opposition, and collapses his studies at the same time. He is saved from going to the army by an exalted essayist whose sister is the head of the psychiatric hospital in Tworki. In a psychiatric institution, a writer meets a schizophrenic who writes a novel. After his suicide, the protagonist takes over the draft, which he publishes outside of censorship under his name, thanks to which he gains fame, fame and money. August '80 breaks out....
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Production details
- Directors
- Janusz Morgenstern
- Production companies
- Studio Filmowe Perspektywa, Vision Film, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lesław ŻurekKamil Nowak
Anna Romantowskamatka Kamila
Janusz GajosMieczysław Nowak, ojciec Kamila
Wojciech Pszoniakpacjent
Magdalena Cieleckaaktorka
Tamara Arciuchlekarka
Borys SzycMareczek Kolenda
Edyta Olszówkaeseistka, siostra lekarki
Władysław Kowalskipublicysta
Julia Kamińskapoetka
Sylwia Oksiutastudentka
Olaf Lubaszenkoesbek
Sławomir Orzechowskisekretarz POP w ZLP
Wojciech MecwaldowskiAndrzej, korespondent prasy szwedzkiej
Liliana Komorowskaredaktorka z Polskiego Radia
Bożena Dykielkierowniczka DPT w Radziejowicach
Daniel Olbrychskiakowiec, kolega ojca
Krzysztof Kowalewskilekarz wenerolog
Krzysztof Kolbergerksiądz
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