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Personnel

1976 · 72 min

A quiet, observant drama that slowly reveals the petty cruelties behind a creative workplace, leaving a lingering sense of disillusionment.

Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
Romek, an idealistc 19-year-old boy, takes a job as a tailor in the costume department of a Warsaw theater company where his new colleague, Sowa, is pressured to make a costume for an overbearing soloist.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • betrayal
  • work
  • art
  • morality
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Written by
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Starring
Juliusz Machulski, Michał Tarkowski, Włodzimierz Boruński, Edward Ciosek, Waldemar Karst, Wilhelm Klonowski, Mieczyslaw Kobek, Helena Kowalczykowa
Cinematography
Witold Stok
Runtime
72 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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