Nobody's Calling

Nobody's Calling

86 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 31, 1960

"In 1960 Kazimierz Kutz' second film NIKT NIE WOLA / NOBODY'S CALLING, based on a Jozef Hen novel that was never published in Poland, described the fate of Poles on the Eastern Front. Kutz used the film to explore new formal solutions, collaborating closely with cinematographer Jerzy Wojcik to reveal the psychological landscape of a pair of lovers who are strongly affected by wartime events. The camera recorded the couple's inner experiences, contrasting their muted intimacy against the surrounding scenery of a ruined town. The film did not win over critics at the time of its release. It was not until later that critics recognized Kutz's effort to experiment with aesthetics in a manner akin to that pursued by filmmakers of the new wave. NOBODY'S CALLING came to be compared with Michelangelo Antonioni's THE ADVENTURE, which was produced around the same time."

Nobody's Calling

86 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Oct. 31, 1960

Nobody's Calling
"In 1960 Kazimierz Kutz' second film NIKT NIE WOLA / NOBODY'S CALLING, based on a Jozef Hen novel that was never published in Poland, described the fate of Poles on the Eastern Front. Kutz used the film to explore new formal solutions, collaborating closely with cinematographer Jerzy Wojcik to reveal the psychological landscape of a pair of lovers who are strongly affected by wartime events. The camera recorded the couple's inner experiences, contrasting their muted intimacy against the surrounding scenery of a ruined town. The film did not win over critics at the time of its release. It was not until later that critics recognized Kutz's effort to experiment with aesthetics in a manner akin to that pursued by filmmakers of the new wave. NOBODY'S CALLING came to be compared with Michelangelo Antonioni's THE ADVENTURE, which was produced around the same time."
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Zespól Filmowy "Kadr"
Original title Nikt nie woła
Directors Marian Zietkiewicz, Edmund Głuchowski, Kazimierz Kutz
Writers Józef Hen

Cast

Zofia Marcinkowska

as Lucyna

Henryk Boukołowski

as Bohdan 'Bozek' Nieczuja

Halina Mikołajska

as Olga Starenska

Ryszard Pietruski

as Zygmunt

Laura Debicka

as Alicja