Escape from the Liberty Cinema (1990)
Overview
The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 0.2167 |
Directed By
Wojciech Marczewski
Crew
Zygmunt Konieczny
Jerzy Zieliński
Anna Jekiełek
Iwona Karpińska
Ewa Krauze
Joanna Napieralska
Mariusz Kuczynski
Elżbieta Kurkowska
Irena Bak
Andrzej Kowalczyk
Ryszard Wierzbicki
Andrzej Dresler
Waldemar Kończalik
Stefan Rola
Kazimierz Kucharski
Zdzisław Wróblewski
Jerzy Michalak
Aurelia Rut
Wiesława Gościk
Wit Dąbal
Zdzisław Cichocki
Wojciech Marczewski
Tadeusz Proć
Stanislaw Matuszewski
Zbigniew Olejniczak
Wieslaw Karpinski
Anna Hrynaszkiewicz
Paweł Pluciński
Krzysztof Ptak
Zbigniew Gustowski
Barbara Przyrowska
Dorota Gryziec
Mieczysław Bomba
Grażyna Pściuk
Jaroslaw Bedyk
Ryszard Lenartowicz
Jolanta Stachecka
Zofia Pośpiech
Stanisław Bomba
Stefan Wójcicki
Paweł Edelman
Zbigniew Jakubowski
Zbigniew Niciński
Jan Graboś
Wojciech Marczewski
Danuta Malipan
Zbigniew Przygodzki
Barbara Koseska
Marian Zawaliński
Wojciech Marczewski
Andrzej Sołtysik
TOP CAST
Janusz Gajos
Censor Rabkiewicz
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Censor's Assistant
Teresa Marczewska
Małgorzata
Piotr Fronczewski
KW Secretary
Władysław Kowalski
Tadeusz
Michał Bajor
Film Critic
Jan Peszek
Raskolnikow
Jerzy Binczycki
Karwański
Artur Barciś
Projectionist Krzysio
Maciej Kozłowski
American Actor
Henryk Bista
Janik
Ewa Wencel
Censor's Secretary
Krzysztof Wakuliński
Jerzy
Zofia Charewicz
Ticket Collector
Aleksander Bednarz
Edward
Krystyna Tkacz
Nurse
Zygmunt Bielawski
Mental Hospital Doctor
Ewa Wiśniewska
Censor's Ex-Wife
Monika Bolly
Marta Rabkiewicz
Jerzy Gudejko
Doctor in a Movie
Eugenia Herman
Teacher
Włodzimierz Musiał
Militia Officer
Eugeniusz Korczarowski
Official at a Screening
Stanisław Jaroszyński
Militiaman in front of the Cinema
Maria Wawszczyk
Hall of Residence Porter
Szymon Herman
Old Jew
Jan Hencz
Official at a Screening
Daria Trafankowska
Jurczyk
Zbigniew Buczkowski
Guard in a Movie
Stanisław Jaskułka
Official at a Screening
Lech Gwit
KW Secretary's Assistant
Zdzisław Szymborski
Nurse in a Movie
Wojciech Kostecki
Nurse in a Movie
Dymitr Hołówko
Journalist
Halina Rowicka
Woman in Fur
Maciej Orłoś
Man with a Book
Artur Żmijewski
Krzysztof
Krzysztof Kaczmarek
Journalist (uncredited)
Tomasz Kubiatowicz
Official at a Screening
Anna Lenartowicz
Nurse in a Movie (uncredited)
Mirosława Marcheluk
Journalist (uncredited)
Agnieszka Mirowska-Tomaszewska
(uncredited)
Ryszard Radwański
Official at a Screening (uncredited)
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