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The Lodger 1966

Synopsis

Ludwik is a scientist looking for a quiet place to work. He rents a room in a villa inhabited exclusively by women, each of them having their eccentricities and dreams. Maria, a house manager, intends to start breeding chinchillas crossed with rats. Małgosia, Maria\'s niece, wants to eliminate her aunt. Sportswoman Kazimiera demands the transformation of the villa into a rehabilitation center for disabled women. Each of them tries to draw Ludwik into the implementation of their plans.
This grotesque comedy is a full-length directorial debut of Janusz Majewski.

Awards

1966 – Mannheim International Film Festival – FIPRESCI Award
1967 – Cork International Film Festival
1967 – Chicago International Film Festival – "Silver Hugo" (Barbara Ludwiżanka)
1967 – Panama International Film Festival – Best Director Award (Janusz Majewski)
1967 – Panama International Film Festival – the award for best screenplay (Janusz Majewski)
1967 – Panama International Film Festival – Actors Award (Barbara Ludwiżanka)

About

Year of production:

1966

Genre:

comedy

Premiere:

07-01-1967

Technical specs:

Black and white, 90 min.

Production:

Kamera Film Production

Filmmakers

Directed by:

Janusz Majewski

Written by:

Janusz Majewski

Cinematography by:

Kurt Weber

Edited by:

Janina Niedźwiecka

Music by:

Andrzej Kurylewicz

Sound by:

Jan Czerwiński

Set Decoration by:

Tadeusz Wybult

Costume Designer:

Barbara Ptak

Production Manager:

Wilhelm Hollender

Cast

Jan Machulski (Ludwik),
Barbara Ludwiżanka (Maria Orzechowska, house administrator),
Katarzyna Łaniewska (Kazimiera, sportswoman),
Magdalena Zawadzka (Małgosia, Maria\'s niece),
Teresa Lipowska (policewoman Fredzia Kwaśniewska),
Halina Billing-Wohl (Maria\'s mother),
Krystyna Feldman (nurse),
Mieczysław Kalenik (biker),
Edward Wichura (laundry manager),
Krystyna Mazurówna (girl appearing with the colonel\'s ghost),
Witold Pyrkosz (warrant officer\'s apparition),
Wojciech Rajewski (dog\'s owner),
Zygmunt Bończa-Tomaszewski (grandmother)