Conversation with a Cupboard Man

Karol sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Karol's tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Karol starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.

Bożena Adamek

Mother

Rafał Olbrychski

Karol

Karol Cieślar

Three-year old Karol

Maciej Wilk

Seven-year old Karol

Adam Ferency

Chef

Marek Walczewski

Teacher

Stanisława Celińska

Postwoman

Leon Niemczyk

Inspector

Ewa Frąckiewicz

Mrs Weiss

Marek Siudym

Mother's Fiance

Piotr Pawłowski

Death

Wiesława Mazurkiewicz

Gravedigger

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Young Cook

Alicja Cichecka

Cook

Zofia Kopacz

Cook

Barbara Marszałek

Job Office Clerk

• Mariusz GrzegorzekDirector · Writer
• Jolanta DylewskaDirector of Photography
• Dorota WardęszkiewiczEditor

Release date

March 2, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

Polish

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama