Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.
According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart.
The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school.Tomasz Łubieński, "Kapuściński's pupil?" Gazeta Wyborcza, 3 March 2010, p. 13 (in Polish) ("Ryszard Kapuściński was the original model for the main character of Andrzej Wajda's film Without Anesthesia.")
Cast Zbigniew Zapasiewicz – Jerzy Michalowski Ewa Dalkowska – Ewa Michalowska Andrzej Seweryn – Jerzy Rosciszewski Krystyna Janda – Agata Emilia Krakowska – Wanda Jakowicz Roman Wilhelmi – Bronski Kazimierz Kaczor – Editor-in-chief Iga Mayr – Ewa's Mother Aleksandra Jasienska – Olenka Maria Salinger – Gabcia Stefania Iwinska – Józefa Halina Golanko – Halina Lukasik Jerzy Stuhr – Jerzy Porebowicz Magda Teresa Wójcik – Joanna Cichon Danuta Balicka-Satanowska – Judge
See also Cinema of Poland List of Polish language films
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