Hospital of the Transfiguration

A moral treaty the plot of which is set in the beginning of Hitler’s occupation in a psychiatric hospital under German liquidation; it undertakes the theme of responsibility in the conditions of total danger. The beginning of occupation. A closed world of the psychiatric hospital. Doctor Kauters values only surgical methods, dr Rygier is the adherent of strong rule of power, dr Marglewski regards psychiatric illness as a kind of spookiness, dr Nosilewska has escaped from Austria after its seizure by the Nazis. The literate Sekułowski is looking for shelter in the hospital. A young newcomer doctor Stefan doesn’t want to be a passive viewer of the situation and events he witnesses…

(source: FilmPolski.pl)

Credits

Reżyseria

Edward Żebrowski

written by

Michał Komar, Edward Żebrowski based on the novel by Stanisław Lem

director of photography

Witold Sobociński

music

Stanisław Radwan

production design

Tadeusz Wybult

costume design

Ewa Braun

make-up

Zygmunt Kaźmierski

sound

Małgorzata Jaworska

edited by

Urszula Śliwińska

cast

Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Bińczycki, Henryk Bista, Ewa Dałkowska, Gustaw Holoubek, Zygmunt Hübner, Adam Gessler,

production

Zespół Filmowy Tor

production manager

Tadeusz Drewno

Cyfrowe Repozytorium Filmowe (CRF) is the partner of the "Pure Classics - In Memoriam" section at the 42nd Polish Film Festival.

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