The Case of Bronek Pekosinski
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Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.
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Cast
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Bronisław Pekosiński
Bronisław Pekosiński
Maria Klejdysz
pani Bukowska
Known for
Symmetry
Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Ryszard Lenczewski
Bronek Pekosinski
Bronek Pekosinski
Anna Seniuk
koleżanka Danusia
Known for
No Pressure
Waldemar Król
Franciszek Trzeciak
sekretarz Jan Kos
Known for
Man of Iron
Killer 2
Teresa Miziolek
Bronisław Pawlik
sędzia
Known for
What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Decalogue VIII
Halina Nawrocka
Franciszek Pieczka
ksiądz Michalski
Known for
Four Tank-Men and a Dog
Mother Joan of the Angels
Grzegorz Królikiewicz Director · Ryszard Lenczewski Cinematographer Teresa Miziolek Editor
First release November 19, 1993 · Produced in Poland · Original title Przypadek Pekosińskiego
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Poland
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Original title
Przypadek Pekosińskiego
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · November 19, 1993
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 5, 1996 · Limited theatrical · For non-commercial screenings only
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