106 minutes
2/25/1985
The film, which is a reconstruction of the life and work of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known under the pseudonym Witkacy, was produced especially on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. Witkacy is one of the outstanding European artists of the early twentieth century. Author of many short stories and plays translated into eighteen languages. Author of his own philosophical system, art theorist, painter of Formist paintings and portraits, a man who left behind a legend of a unique personality.
Janusz Zakrzeński
as Witkacy
Jerzy Bińczycki
as Jan Sokołowski
Anna Seniuk
as Anna Liptowska
Edyta Klapwyk
as Winifreda Cooper
Laura Łącz
as Marysia
Marek Barbasiewicz
as Staszek Krzeptowski
Krzysztof Chamiec
as Andrzej Sitkowski
Mariusz Wojciechowski
as Jerzy Ziemski
Józef Fryźlewicz
as Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Józef Para
as Karol Irzykowski
Jacek Romanowski
as Władysław Strzemiński
Jerzy Święch
as Julian Przyboś
Stanisław Bafia
Jacek Bukowski
Tadeusz Brzozowski
Marian Cebulski
as Theatrical Society Chairman
Bożena Dykiel
as Woman talking to Witkacy
Piotr Furtak
Marek Grechuta
as Singer
Halina Gryglaszewska
as Woman talking to Witkacy
Władysław Hasior
as Sculptor
Jan Hencz
as Priest
Stanisław Jaskułka
as Witkacy's Friend
Magdalena Jastrzębska
Jerzy Nowak
as Sokołowski's Father
Władysława Nowicka
Zygmunt Nowicki
Małgorzata Pytlak
Anna Waloch
Zofia Więcławówna
Kazimierz Witkiewicz
as Karol
Stanisława Zawiszanka
Leszek Zdybał
Elżbieta Will
as Spectator (uncredited)