

Clergyman
· 114 min · Not rated
In 2011, a psychiatric patient is visited by a postulate. The patient is a retired head of the "D" Group – a secret department of the Security Service to fight against the Polish Catholic church. Murders, beatings, blackmails, provocations, robberies, those are standard methods of operation for its officers. The postulate wants to unravel the mystery of the death of priest Roman Kotlarz, a parish priest from Pelagow.
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- Directors
- Jacek Gwizdała
- Production companies
- V-Film, Contra Studio, Filmoteka Narodowa, Telewizja Polska, Centrum Technologii Audiowizualnych
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Post Production
Top Cast
Mirosław BakaPriest Roman Brazier
Piotr Fronczewski'Master'
Artur ŻmijewskiStefan
Danuta StenkaLucyna
Janusz ChabiorCanon priest
Marcin BosakProsecutor
Karol PochećKaruzo
Krystian Biłko'New'
Marek KasprzykMr. Antoni
Maria GładkowskaSister Lucretia
Robert Gonera'Mankut'
Leszek PiskorzBishop
Lech DyblikParish priest from Mlodocin
Andrzej ZaborskiPriest Waclaw
Ryszard KotysTailor
Tadeusz HukOrdinator
Zdzisław WardejnWaiter
Adam FerencyMan
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