The Smaller Sky (1981)

7.0/10 • 96 min • Drama

Overview

A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to leave despite visits by a psychiatrist and his own son. He watches people daily at the station. A tv reporter is trying to come up with a story which would help him to save his job. He likes to chase women and the dropout's wife is one of his targets. He gets interested in the story of her husband and tries to make a program about mysterious individual. Once the tv crew arrives to the scene, the subject tries to hide and ends up on the roof of the station, where he catches a glimpse of sunshine - the "smaller sky" - before stepping onto a glass roof and falling to his death.

Cast

Roman Wilhelmi

Artur Gutner

Jan Englert

Marek Weber, journalist

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Elżbieta, Artur's wife

Władysław Kowalski

Filip Szmidt

Janusz Zaorski

Dr. Barcz

Jadwiga Polanowska

Filip's Wife

Jacek Lomnicki

Camera Operator

Jan Prochyra

Karol

Ferdynand Matysik

Railwayman

Andrzej Wojaczek

Stefan

Andrzej Szopa

Young man

Antonina Girycz

Woman at the Party (uncredited)

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