Conversation with a Cupboard Man
7.1
Karol sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Karol's tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Karol starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.
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Cast
27 people
Bożena Adamek
Mother
Known for
The Hourglass Sanatorium
We're All Christs
Rafał Olbrychski
Karol
Also in
The Roe's Room
Love Me and Do Whatever You Want
Mariusz Grzegorzek
Karol Cieślar
Three-year old Karol
No other roles listed
Ian McEwan
Rafal Olbrychski
Karol
Maciej Wilk
Seven-year old Karol
Karol Cieslar
Karol, 3 year
Adam Ferency
Chef
Known for
Cold War
Interrogation
Marek Walczewski
Teacher
Known for
Golem
The Third Part of the Night
Stanisława Celińska
Postwoman
Known for
Money Is Not Everything
Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2
Leon Niemczyk
Inspector
Known for
Knife in the Water
Night Train
Mariusz Grzegorzek Director · Jolanta Dylewska Cinematographer Dorota Wardęszkiewicz Editor
First release September 1, 1993 · Produced in Poland · Production Fundacja Sztuki Filmowej, Studio Filmowe Indeks
Production
Telewizja Polska
Production
Fundacja Sztuki Filmowej
Production
Studio Filmowe Indeks
Production
Studio Filmowe Oko
Production
Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Greece · September 1, 1993
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Poland · March 24, 1994
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 10, 1993 · Toronto International Film Festival
France
March 2, 1994 · Theatrical
Poland
September 1, 1993 · Premiere · Gdynia Polish Film Festival
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