Illumination
Sep 29 1973
•1h 27m
•Drama
Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking 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.
Cast
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Stanisław Latałło
Franciszek Retman
Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska
Agnieszka
Małgorzata Pritulak
Małgorzata
Jan Skotnicki
Patient
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