A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.
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Cast
30 people
Jerzy Stuhr
Antek Gralak
Known for
Three Colors: White
Camera Buff
Izabela Olszewska
Jedynakowa
Known for
Passenger
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Also in
The Face
Lech Borski
Jacek Petrycki
Jerzy Trela
Zenek
Known for
High Water
Ida
Andrzej Rafal Waltenberger
Danuta Wiercińska
Bożena
Also in
Camera Buff
Zbigniew Wichlacz
Michal Sulkiewicz
Mietek
Piotr Figiel
Elżbieta Karkoszka
Kryśka Stańczak
Known for
On the Silver Globe
Krzysztof Kieślowski Director · Lech Borski Story Jacek Petrycki Cinematographer
First release September 19, 1980 · Produced in Poland · Original title Spokój
Production
Poland
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Languages
Original title
Spokój
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · September 19, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
November 21, 2014 · Talinn Black Nights Film Festival
Germany
June 14, 1982
Greece
November 1, 1995 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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