Drama · Poland · 1959 · 21m

When Angels Fall

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Director
Roman Polanski
Cast
Barbara Lass as Young Woman Roman Polanski as Old Woman Henryk Kluba as Deserter Andrzej Kondratiuk as The Son Stefan Bartik as The Girl's Father (uncredited) Ryszard Filipski as Customer (uncredited)
Crew
Henryk Kucharski — Director of Photography Krzysztof Komeda — Original Music Composer Roman Polanski — Screenplay Kazimierz Wisniak — Production Design
Synopsis

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.

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Key Collaborators
Roman Polanski Director Henryk Kucharski Director of Photography Krzysztof Komeda Original Music Composer Roman Polanski Screenplay Kazimierz Wisniak Production Design
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