Movie: Illumination

Top 10 Billed Cast

Stanisław Latałło
Stanisław Latałło

Franciszek Retman

Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska
Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska

Agnieszka

Małgorzata Pritulak
Małgorzata Pritulak

Małgorzata

Jan Skotnicki
Jan Skotnicki

Patient

Edward Żebrowski
Edward Żebrowski

Physician

Wlodzimierz Zonn
Wlodzimierz Zonn

University Dean

Bogdan Mielnik
Bogdan Mielnik

Bogdan Mielnik

Wladyslaw Turski
Wladyslaw Turski

Władysław Turski

Wlodzimierz Zawadzki
Wlodzimierz Zawadzki

Assistant

Lukasz Turski
Lukasz Turski

Łukasz Turski

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  • Overview

    Film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.

  • Release Date

    1973-09-29

  • Average

    6.945

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Polski
  • Keywords

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