A story about the life of a woman, two men of her life and her son, Janek Garbus, seen through the eyes of the latter - "conceived by an NKVD uncle on the night after the Soviet army entered".
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Olaf Lubaszenko
Janek/Young Antoni
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Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Antoni
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Coyote's Morning
E=mc²
Bogusław Linda
Ewald/Healer
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Blind Chance
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Marzena Trybała
Maria / Young Maria (voice) (uncredited)
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Three Colors: White
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Katarzyna Skrzynecka
Young Maria
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Czułość i kłamstwa
Sergei Yursky
Apfelbaum
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The Golden Calf
Love and Pigeons
Olga Kabo
Nadia Apfelbaum
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Queen Margot
Rodkom
Anna Majcher
Lidka
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State of Fear
Rajski ptak
Andrzej Grabarczyk
Francik
Known for
Killer 2
Aleksandr Medvedev
Zdenek
Also in
Sideburns
Chekist
Bernard Krawczyk
Nowotny
Also in
Pearl in the Crown
The Taste of the Black Earth
Barbara Babilińska
Greta Nowotny
Known for
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Jan Kidawa-Błoński Director · Jacek Kondracki Writer Michał Lorenc Composer
First release February 18, 1993 · Produced in Poland, Russia · Languages Polish, Russian
Production
Бармалей
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Skorpion Art
Production
Telewizja Polska
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Poland · Russia
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Original title
Pamiętnik Znaleziony w Garbie
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish · Russian
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 1993
Premiere · Berlin Film Festival
Poland · April 27, 1994
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No release date listed for United States.
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