Conversation with a Cupboard Man

1h 30min

Drama

Charles sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Charles' tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Charles starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.

Production Companies

Telewizja Polska

Fundacja Sztuki Filmowej

Studio Filmowe Indeks

Cast

Karol Cieślar

Karol Cieślar

Three-year old Karol
Maciej Wilk

Maciej Wilk

Seven-year old Karol
Leon Niemczyk

Leon Niemczyk

Inspector
Marek Siudym

Marek Siudym

Mother's Fiance
Barbara Marszałek

Barbara Marszałek

Job Office Clerk
Andrzej Kierc

Andrzej Kierc

Facility Director
Mirosław Siedler

Mirosław Siedler

Facility Trainer
Ewa Gajda

Ewa Gajda

Woman in Karol's old Apartment
Gabriela Muskała

Gabriela Muskała

Woman in a Park

Release date

2nd Mar 1994

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Polski