On the Road

The story about a miner who’s been working in a coal mine in Katowice for 20 years. After an accident, when he can’t return underground, he decides to set off on a journey to India: with no money, no friends and no knowledge of a culture or foreign languages. A staged film made in a documentary convention.

Written by: Paweł Wysoczański
Director of photography: Paweł Wysoczański, Michał Sosna, Filip Załuska
Music by: Reinhold Kowalsky
Sound: Tomasz Cierpiałowski, Krzysztof Stasiak
Editing: Cezary Grzesiuk
Production manager: Paweł Wysoczański
Produced by: Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, University of Silesia in Katowice
Executive producer: Oto Film
Country and year of production: Poland, 2008
Cast: Violetta Smolińska, Mieczysław Bieniek
Length: 50 min.