A Short Film About Love
(Krotki Film O Milosci)
1988
FEATURE:
Tomek, a young post office worker, is obsessed with Magda, a sexy woman who lives in the apartment block opposite. He spies on her through a telescope and then finally declares his love to her. She is initially repulsed, but then initiates Tomek into having sex with her, without any feeling of love. Tomek, shattered, tries to commit suicide, but does not succeed. When he returns from hospital, it is Mgada who is now obsessed with him.
- Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Screenplay: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
- Cinematography: Witold Adamek
- Editor: Ewa Smal
- Art Director: Halina Dobrowolska
- Sound: Nikodem Wolk-Laniewski
- Music: Zbigniew Preisner
- Producer: Ryszard Chutowski
- Production Company: Tor
- Cast: Grazyna Szapolowska (Magda), Olaf Lubaszenko (Tomek), Stefania Iwinska (Godmother), Artur Barcis (Young Man), Stanislaw Gawlik (Postman), Piotr Machalica (Roman), Rfal Imbro (Bearded Man), Jan Piechocinski (Blond Man), Malgorzata Rozniatowska, M. Chojnaka, T. Gradowski, K. Koperski, J. Michalewska, E. Ziolkowska
35mm colour
87 mins