A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends three months in the hospital while being tested. After observing patients and hospital routines around him from a distance, he learns that he will need a kidney transplant. Meanwhile his personal and professional life is falling apart: he refuses his wife's offer to donate the kidney for him; the scientific problem he was working on has been solved elsewhere. In the end Adam cracks under the prolonged pressure, waiting for the sound of an ambulance bringing a moribund patient whose kidney may be used for the transplant.
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Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Adam Małecki
Known for
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Maja Komorowska
Marta Małecka
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Decalogue I
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Aleksander Bardini
Professor
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Three Colors: White
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Kazimierz Dejunowicz
Nowicki
Known for
Kanal
Jan Englert
Andrzej Jezierski
Known for
Katyn
Gods
Piotr Fronczewski
Doctor
Known for
The Mire
Kleks Academy
Jerzy Kamas
Priest
Known for
No End
Zygmunt Malawski
Zbigniew Woźniak
Known for
Night Train
Mother Joan of the Angels
Marian Opania
Staszek
Known for
Man of Iron
Decalogue VIII
Czesław Wołłejko
Patient
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Rodzina Połanieckich
Young Chopin
Zygmunt Zintel
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Mother Joan of the Angels
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Jolanta Bohdal
Gosia
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Edward Żebrowski Director · Jan Hesse Cinematographer Urszula Śliwińska Editor
Worldwide gross $3.2K · First release September 15, 1972 · Produced in Poland
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,182
Production
Studio Filmowe Tor
Production
Film Polski
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Poland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ocalenie
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · September 15, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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