Movie
Lesson of a Dead Language
Released: September 6, 1979 (1979)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Genres: War, Drama
An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Włodzimierz Boruński as Roth, recepcjonista w hotelu
Age at release: 73
- Gustaw Lutkiewicz as leśniczy Szwanda
Age at release: 55
- Piotr Pawłowski as doktor Stieglitz
Age at release: 54
- Mieczysław Voit as dyrektor cyrku
Age at release: 51
- Zygmunt Malanowicz as Valasek, naczelnik stacji
Age at release: 41
- Irena Karel as pielęgniarka Irina
Age at release: 36
- Olgierd Łukaszewicz as porucznik Alfred Kiekeritz
Age at release: 32
- Ewa Dałkowska as Olga Diana, medium
Age at release: 32
- Małgorzata Pritulak as dróżniczka Liza Kut
Age at release: 32
- Marek Kondrat as porucznik von Traut
Age at release: 28
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- Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski as dziedzic ze spalonego dworu
Age at release: 79
- Witold Dederko as pop
Age at release: 73
- Kazimierz Iwor as Wasserzug, właściciel hotelu
Age at release: 58
- Krystyna Sznerr-Mierzejewska as Fabiola, właścicielka burdelu
Age at release: 55
- Tadeusz Bartosik as major w łaźni
Age at release: 54
- Bogdan Baer as pop
Age at release: 52
- Józef Zbiróg as Trau
Age at release: 49
- Witold Skaruch as Kwasirzór, dyrektor gimnazjum (nie występuje w napisach)
Age at release: 49
- Ryszard Kotys as strażnik jeńców
Age at release: 47
- Jerzy Prażmowski as jeniec (nie występuje w napisach)
Age at release: 46
- Franciszek Trzeciak as Iwan Pelechaty, wachmistrz żandarmerii
Age at release: 36
- Andrzej Mrowiec as pop z Turki
Age at release: 35
- Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as komunista Miron
Age at release: 33
- Borys Marynowski as oficer austriacki
Age at release: 33
- Ryszard Dreger as jeniec
Age at release: 27
- Robert Mazurkiewicz as [obsada aktorska] (nie występuje w napisach)
Age at release: 25
- Tatiana Sosna-Sarno as Nastka, służąca Szwandy
Age at release: 24
- Piotr Probosz as jeniec Iwan Bodrow
Age at release: 23
- Krystyna Tolewska as [obsada aktorska]
Age at release: Unknown