Zacma: Blindness

Zacma: Blindness

110 mins | Drama | Nov. 25, 2016

A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.

Zacma: Blindness

110 mins | Drama | Nov. 25, 2016

Zacma: Blindness
A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Kino Świat, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
Original title Zaćma
Directors Ryszard Bugajski
Writers Ryszard Bugajski

Cast

Maria Mamona

as Julia Brystygierowa

Malgorzata Zajaczkowska

as siostra Benedykta

Janusz Gajos

as ksiądz Cieciorka

Marek Kalita

as prymas Stefan Wyszyński

Bartosz Porczyk

as więzień

Kazimierz Kaczor

as żałobnik

Sławomir Orzechowski

as dozorca Marian

Marcin Troński

as bufetowy

Krzysztof Ogłoza

as plutonowy MO

Barbara Bursztynowicz

as Kościukiewiczowa, kobieta w jadalni

Jacek Bursztynowicz

as ordynator

Zbigniew Konopka

as prokurator

Andrzej Szenajch

as portier

Piotr Tołoczko

as adiutant

Mariusz Wojciechowski

as Antoni Marylski

Olga Bołądź

as Julia Brystygierowa w młodości

Klara Bielawka

as zakonnica

Barbara Garstka

as zakonnica informatorka

Piotr Głowacki

as towarzysz partyjny

Jacek Grondowy

as akordeonista

Artur Krajewski

as felczer

Marcin Kwaśny

as ubek

Kazimierz Mazur

as szeregowy MO

Andrzej Niemirski

as pułkownik

Helena Norowicz

as niewidoma pacjentka

Katarzyna Cynke

as zakonnica w jadalni