92 minutes
11/13/1979
A ruminative, understated drama on the nature of overwork versus an "unachieving" life away from the city, Pelnia examines the experience of one man. After leaving his high-pressured existence as a successful architect, the newly resolved dropout goes to live in a small community of cabins and summer homes in a lake-filled region north of Warsaw. His interactions with the villagers, including a drunkard and other eccentrics, provide an informative background for what happens next. The ex-architect's wife is a professional singer who has not abandoned the city or her life -- and she soon arrives to spend some time with her very changed husband.
Tomasz Zaliwski
as Wojtek
Tadeusz Fijewski
as dziadek Foton
Jan Świderski
as pastuch Teodor
Roman Kłosowski
as towarzysz Roman
Janusz Gajos
as Janek
Józef Nowak
as Mietek
Iga Cembrzyńska
as żona Wojtka
Anna Milewska
as Helena, żona Mietka
Anna Seniuk
as sklepowa Zosia
Zofia Kopacz
as barmanka Karinka
Franciszek Dzierżanowski
as pan Franek