Drama ·Romance · Poland · 1982 · 2h 8m

The Quack

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The Quack poster
Director
Jerzy Hoffman
Cast
Jerzy Bińczycki as Rafał Wilczur / Antoni Kosiba Anna Dymna as Maria Jolanta Wilczur / Beata Wilczur Tomasz Stockinger as Count Leszek Czyński Bernard Ładysz as Miller Prokop Artur Barciś as Wasylko Andrzej Kopiczyński as Doctor Pawlicki
Crew
Jerzy Gościk — Director of Photography Zenon Piórecki — Editor Piotr Marczewski — Original Music Composer Jacek Fuksiewicz — Writer Jerzy Hoffman — Writer Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz — Novel
Synopsis

A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.

Mood & Themes
memory losshealertown doctor
Key Collaborators
Jerzy Hoffman Director Jerzy Gościk Director of Photography Zenon Piórecki Editor Piotr Marczewski Original Music Composer Jacek Fuksiewicz Writer Jerzy Hoffman Writer Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz Novel Marta Kobierska Costume Design
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