A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

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.

The insane government bureaucracy at a state pension window.

讲述国家监控局召开会议，讨论应否除去一名党员之党籍。

Personnel / Personel
1975, released Jan. 13, 1976, Poland, TV film
16 mm, color, 70 min
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Screenplay: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cinematography: Witold Stok
Music: „Aida”, Giuseppe Verdi, performed by Orchestra of the Grand Theatre and Opera in Warsaw
Art Director: Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Music arranged by: Michal Zarnecki
Production Company: Tor Film Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Cast: Juliusz Machulski (future film director, as Romek), Irena Lorentowicz, Wlodzimierz Borunski, Michal Tarkowski (Sowa), Andrzej Siedlecki (Andrzej), Tomasz Lengren, Tomasz Zygadlo, Janusz Skalski, and others.
Kieslowski’s first feature-length film is ostensibly about the theater’s anonymous backstage workers: the tailors, painters, modelers. They are creative individuals devoted to their work and vital to a theater’s success. But given the traditional cult of the actor, these craftsmen are underestimated by actors and audience alike. The film’s protagonist, Romek, is a student at a theater technical college. A sensitive young man fascinated by the magic of theatrical art, he finds his first job in the tailoring workshop of the opera. Quickly confronted with the reality behind the scenes - the bickering, petty jealousies, vindictiveness and corruption - his illusions are shattered. His elder colleague, the tailor Sowa, finds himself targeted by an hysterical actor, and socio-political organizations in the theater want to use Romek against Sowa. Kieslowski’s made-for-television microcosm of the society at large, and an early exploration of moral choice in the workplace.
Awards:
1975 Mannheim (International Film Week) – Grand Prix
1975 Mannheim (International Film Week) – International Catholic Film Award
1975 Andrzej Munk Award (of the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz)
1976 Gdansk (in Gdynia since 1986) (Polish Feature Films Festival) – Best TV Film
1976 Gdansk (in Gdynia since 1986) (Polish Feature Films Festival) – Journalists Award for Best TV film
1976 „Golden Camera” (from "Film" magazine) - Best Feature Director’s debut of 1975
1976 Koszalin (Koszalin Film Meetings "The Young & Film") - Grand Prix "Great Jantar"
1979 Lagow (LLF) – Grand Prix „ Golden Grape Cluster”
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A boy leaves a party and gets on a passenger tram. Aboard, he shyly watches a girl, who soon falls asleep.

1988 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski