Fatalista

25 minutes

3/13/1968

Overview

Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Lieutenant Pechorin listens doubtfully to his colleague's arguments. Accompanied by a premonition, Wulicz will die soon. Will his premonitions prove to be prophetic?

Cast List

Gustaw Holoubek
as Lieutenant Wulicz
Andrzej Hrydzewicz
as Lieutenant Pieczorin
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Officer
Adolf Chronicki
as Killed Officer
Ryszard Filipski
as Private Jaszka Pantelejew
Krzysztof Fus
as Chechen Fighter
Wiktor Grotowicz
as Major
Ryszard Jaśniewicz
Ferdynand Matysik
as Officer
Romuald Michalewski
Andrzej Mrozek
as Officer
Janusz Ostrowski
Andrzej Polkowski
Roman Sadowski
Tadeusz Skorulski
Marian Skorupa
Mieczysław Wiśniewski
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
as Officer (uncredited)