Sep 29, 1973
87 min
Full-HD

Illumination (1973)

Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.

Category

Drama

Country

Poland

Companies

Zespół Filmowy "Tor"

Stanisław Latałło

Franciszek Retman

Małgorzata Pritulak

Malgorzata

Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska

Agnieszka

Jan Skotnicki

Chory the Mathematician

Edward Żebrowski

Physician

Wlodzimierz Zonn

University Dean

Bogdan Mielnik

Self

Wladyslaw Turski

Self

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