The Calm

The Calm

81 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 19, 1980

A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.

The Calm

81 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 19, 1980

The Calm
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Spokój
Directors Krzysztof Kieślowski
Writers Lech Borski, Jerzy Stuhr, Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Jerzy Stuhr

as Antek Gralak

Danuta Ruksza

as Bożena, żona Gralaka

Michal Sulkiewicz

as Mietek

Elżbieta Karkoszka

as Kryśka Stańczak

Michał Żarnecki

as Ojciec Bożenki