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Film / 1958
The Eighth Day of the Week
Directed by
Aleksander Ford
Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
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Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
Cast
Sonja ZiemannAgnieszka Walicka
Zbigniew CybulskiPiotr Terlecki
Barbara PołomskaEla, Agnieszka's friend
Ilse SteppatMrs. Walicka
Emil KarewiczZawadzki
Bum KrügerStefan Walicki, Agnieszka's father
Tadeusz ŁomnickiGrzegorz Walicki, Agnieszka's brother
Jan ŚwiderskiJournalist
Zbigniew WójcikPainter
Władysław DewoynoMO Lieutenant
Roman HubczenkoAccomodation Department Clerk
Leon Niemczyk"Ciapuś", Ela's "fiancé"
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Janusz ŚciwiarskiAccordionist in Zieleniak pub
Halina Buyno-ŁozaPiotr's neighbor (uncredited)
Mieczysław CzechowiczThug on Agnieszka's Street (uncredited)
Kazimierz DejunowiczTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Wiktor GrotowiczMan in Zieleniak pub (uncredited)
Helena GruszeckaAgnieszka's neighbor (uncredited)
Cezary JulskiRysiek, thug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Antoni JuraszThug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Roman KłosowskiThug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Marian ŁączThug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Klemens MielczarekThug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Barbara ModelskaGirl in café mistaken for Agnieszka (uncredited)
Henryk ModrzewskiWorker at CDT Department Store (uncredited)
Adam MularczykThug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Lech Ordon"Duduś", Ela's "fiancé" (uncredited)
Józef PierackiDrunkard in Zieleniak pub (uncredited)
Czesław RoszkowskiAgnieszka's neighbor (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Skoczylas"Pimpuś", Ela's "fiancé" (uncredited)
Kazimierz StankiewiczThug on Agnieszka's street (uncredited)
Janusz ZiejewskiMan watching Agnieszka from a car (uncredited)
Alina BorkowskiDancer (uncredited)
Stanisław MilskiStefan Walicki (voice) (uncredited)
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