The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993)

The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993)

1993-11-19 Poland 86 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.

Cast

Bronisław Pekosiński is Bronisław Pekosiński
Bronisław Pekosiński
Maria Klejdysz is pani Bukowska
pani Bukowska
Anna Seniuk is koleżanka Danusia
koleżanka Danusia
Franciszek Trzeciak is sekretarz Jan Kos
sekretarz Jan Kos
Franciszek Pieczka is ksiądz Michalski
ksiądz Michalski
Krzysztof Chamiec is generał Bagno
generał Bagno
Anna Milewska is siostra
Romuald Karaś is on sam, dziennikarz słuchający opowieści Pekosińskiego
on sam, dziennikarz słuchający opowieści Pekosińskiego
Henryk Sobiechart is syn Bukowskiej
syn Bukowskiej
Jolanta Rychłowska is koleżanka Stasia
koleżanka Stasia