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THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
(MNIEJSZE ZŁO)

dir. Janusz Morgenstern (2009, 110') Poland
in Polish with English subtitles



DIRECTION:
Janusz Morgenstern
SCRIPT: Janusz Morgenstern, Janusz Anderman based on the novel by Janusz Anderman "Cały czas"
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Andrzej Ramlau PSC
ART DIRECTION: Andrzej Haliński
MUSIC: Michał Lorenc
EDITING: Elżbieta Kurkowska PSM
SOUND: Andrzej Bohdanowicz
PRODUCTION: Film Studio Perspektywa
PRODUCER: Janusz Morgenstern

CAST:

Lesław Żurek (Kamil), Janusz Gajos (Kamil's father), Wojciech Pszoniak (patient), Anna Romantowska (Kamil's mother), Magdalena Cielecka (actress), Tamara Arciuch (doctor), Olaf Lubaszenko (civilian), Borys Szyc (Mareczek)

SYNOPSIS:

1980. Kamil, a student of Polish philology, publishes an experimental poem in a prestigious periodical. The world around is engulfed in the Solidarity revolution; everyone is required to choose on which side of the barricade one stands. The image of a rebellious opposition writer is very tempting, but to maintain this position one has to... write. But the creative inspiration abandons our hero; he does not do his best at his studies either.

In order to avoid being conscripted, Kamil is taken to a psychiatric hospital for observation. There, he comes across the manuscript of an excellent novel left behind by an oversensitive roommate who committed suicide. Nobody but Kamil knows about the existence of the masterpiece...

DIRECTOR:

JANUSZ MORGENSTERN