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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Krzysztof Kieslowski (writer)
Release Date:
January 1987 (Poland) more
Plot:
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life. more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A meditation on chance and fate more (18 total)
Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Boguslaw Linda | ... | Witek |
| Tadeusz Lomnicki | ... | 1. Werner |
| Zbigniew Zapasiewicz | ... | 1. Adam |
| Boguslawa Pawelec | ... | 1. Czuszka |
| Marzena Trybala | ... | 2. Werka |
| Jacek Borkowski | ... | 2. Marek |
| Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski | ... | 2. Daniel |
| Adam Ferency | ... | 2. Ksiadz |
| Monika Gozdzik | ... | 3. Olga |
| Zygmunt Hubner | ... | 3. Dzirkan |
| Irena Byrska | ... | 3. Ciotka |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Krzysztof Kalczynski | ... | Werka's Husband (uncredited) |
| Aleksander Mikolajczak | ... | Member of ZMP (uncredited) |
| Jolanta Nowinska | ... | (uncredited) |
| Jerzy Stuhr | ... | (uncredited) |
| Krzysztof Zaleski | ... | Buzek (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Krzysztof Kieslowski | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Krzysztof Kieslowski | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Jacek Szeligowski | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Wojciech Kilar | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Krzysztof Pakulski | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Elzbieta Kurkowska | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Andrzej Rafal Waltenberger | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Andrzej Rafal Waltenberger | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Borzyslawa Chmielewska | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Agnieszka Domaniecka | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Teodor Grymaszewski | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jerzy Braszka | .... | assistant director | |
| Teresa Violetta Buhl | .... | assistant director (as Violetta Buhl) | |
| Maciej J. Drygas | .... | assistant director (as Maciej Drygas) | |
| Michal Zarnecki | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Michal Zarnecki | .... | sound | |
Stunts | |||
| Ryszard Janikowski | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Józef Letkier | .... | assistant camera | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Kino Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Kino Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
- Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (????) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Blind Chance (International: English title)
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122 min
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UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Iceland:L | Australia:MA (cable rating)
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Although the movie was made in 1981, it had its premiere in 1987. The delay was because of state-imposed censorship due to the film's political content. more
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Referenced in Sliding Doors (1998) more
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Blind Chance (Przypadek, 1981) is the first of Kieslowski's films to trade upon explicitly religious themes and seems to mark the beginning of the great director's turn toward introspection and the spiritual realm that so characterizes his later work (especially Decalogue and the Three Colors trilogy). The Polish title could be literally translated "coincidence," an appropriate if possibly ironic title for a three-part film about a young man whose life course appears to be solely determined by his ability or inability to catch a train. Kieslowski has his doubts about such coincidences, for he described the film as "a description of the powers which meddle with our fate, which push us one way or another" (Kieslowski on Kieslowski, ed. Danusia Stok 113). Incidentally, this film inspired Peter Howitt's film Sliding Doors (1998) and Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run (1998), but to my mind, Kieslowski's is a superior film. The original tends to be the best, and he is a true original.