| Without Anesthesia | |
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| Directed by | Andrzej Wajda |
| Written by | Agnieszka Holland Andrzej Wajda |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Edward Klosinski |
| Music by | Jerzy Derfel |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Without Anesthesia (alternative English title: Rough Treatment) is the English-language title for the Polish film Bez znieczulenia, released in 1978, directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered in the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
According to the screenplay, Without Anesthesia takes place in the 1960s. Jerzy (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), a well-known journalist and foreign correspondent who reports on wars, revolutions and guerrilla movements in the third world, is a man whose personal life and career are falling apart.
The main character is based on Ryszard Kapuściński, the prominent Polish journalist and author of the "reportage" school.[2]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Without Anesthesia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ Tomasz Łubieński, "Kapuściński's pupil?" Gazeta Wyborcza, 3 March 2010, p. 13 (in Polish) ("Ryszard Kapuściński was the original model for the main character of Andrzej Wajda's film Without Anesthesia.")