The Quack
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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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Cast
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Jerzy Bińczycki
Rafał Wilczur / Antoni Kosiba
Known for
The Last Days
Anna Dymna
Maria Jolanta Wilczur / Beata Wilczur
Known for
High Water
The Witcher
Tomasz Stockinger
Count Leszek Czyński
Known for
365 Days
Bernard Ładysz
Miller Prokop
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Karate Polish Style
Artur Barciś
Wasylko
Known for
Detective Forst
A Short Film About Love
Andrzej Kopiczyński
Doctor Pawlicki
Known for
With Fire and Sword
Piotr Grabowski
Zenek
Also in
Dom
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Bożena Dykiel
Sonia
Known for
Decalogue VII
Interrogation
Maria Homerska
Czyńska
Also in
Przyjaciele
The Faithful River
Igor Śmiałowski
Czyński
Known for
Decalogue IV
Jerzy Trela
Obiedziński
Known for
High Water
Ida
Piotr Fronczewski
Dobraniecki
Known for
The Mire
Kleks Academy
Jerzy Hoffman Director · Jacek Fuksiewicz Writer Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz Author
United States release May 5, 1982 · Produced in Poland · Original title Znachor
Production
Studio Filmowe Zodiak
Production
Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Znachor
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · April 12, 1982
Theatrical
United States · May 5, 1982
Theatrical
Russia
January 12, 1983 · Theatrical
December 8, 2011 · Physical · DVD, «Новый Диск»
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