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The Quack

1982 · 128 min

A slow, heartfelt period drama that lingers on loss and quiet recovery, with a gentle warmth and a few sharp emotional turns.

Directed by
Jerzy Hoffman
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Jerzy Bińczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger
Overview
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.

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Directed by
Jerzy Hoffman
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Jerzy Bińczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • grief
  • healing
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jerzy Hoffman
Written by
Jerzy Hoffman, Jacek Fuksiewicz
Starring
Jerzy Bińczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger, Bernard Ładysz, Artur Barciś, Andrzej Kopiczyński, Piotr Grabowski, Bożena Dykiel
Music
Piotr Marczewski
Cinematography
Jerzy Gościk
Runtime
128 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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