The Weather Forecast
Antoni Krauze
1982, 1 h 26 minAutumn of 1981. Gathered around a TV, a group of nursing home patients is listening to a ghastly weather forecast for the upcoming winter. Considering the economic situation, the elderly may not survive. The very same night, a truck brings a transport of coffins. Watching how the caskets are moved to the attic, the patients connect the dots with an increasing fear: it seems that the management – unable to help all of them through the winter – wants to kill a few off. The decision is unanimous. They leave the home in panic.
written by Antoni Krauze
director of photography Krzysztof Pakulski
music Zbigniew Preisner
costume design Michał Klimowski
make-up Zdzisława Namysław
sound Igor Pogorzelski
edited by Jadwiga Leśniewicz
cast Halina Buyno-Łoza, Zofia Cegiełkowa, Barbara Chojecka, Eugenia Horecka, Henryka Janikowska
production Zespół Filmowy Tor
production manager Wojciech Karmoliński