When Angels Fall
6.8
The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.
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Cast
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Barbara Lass
Young Woman
Known for
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Effi Briest
Roman Polanski
Old Woman
Known for
The Tenant
Rush Hour 3
Henryk Kluba
Deserter
Known for
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Andrzej Kondratiuk
The Son
Known for
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Stefan Bartik
The Girl's Father (uncredited)
Also in
Ewa Wants to Sleep
Ostrożnie yeti
Ryszard Filipski
Customer (uncredited)
Known for
The Deluge
Andrzej Kostenko
Customer (uncredited)
Also in
The Attempt
Everything for Sale
Henryk Kucharski
Drunk Man (uncredited)
Jakub Goldberg
Meter Man
Known for
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Roman Polanski Director · Krzysztof Komeda Composer Henryk Kucharski Cinematographer
First release October 14, 1959 · Produced in Poland · Original title Gdy spadają anioły
Production
Lodz Film School
Production
Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Gdy spadają anioły
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 14, 1959
Premiere · London Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
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