Illumination (The)
Original Title
Iluminacja- Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
- Writer: Krzysztof Zanussi
CGiii Comment
Quite possibly, the worst opening music you are likely to hear...
An unconvincing hybrid of documentary and drama...the sound effects alone will have you running for the nearest exit.
As a comment on Communism and the expectations of a life - it's dated and uninspired.
Dismally dull and fatally depressing...some even dare to call it a masterpiece!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Tabloid life of a physicist; his work, his love life and his quest for the meaning beyond.
Cast & Characters
Stanislaw Latallo as Franciszek Retman;
Malgorzata Pritulak as Malgorzata;
Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska as Agnieszka;
Edward Zebrowski as Physician;
Jan Skotnicki as Chory the Mathematician;
Irena Horecka as Matka chorego;
Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska as Franciszek's Mother;
Wlodzimierz Zonn as University Dean;
Wlodzimierz Zawadzki as Assistant;
Iwo Birula-Bialynicki as Himself