Success Is the Best Revenge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-05-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (132 Reviews)

Director:

Jerzy Skolimowski

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Michael York Joanna Szczerbic Michal Skolimowski Jèzef Skolimowski

Writer:

Jerzy Skolimowski (scenario)

Michal Skolimowski (scenario)

Michel Ciment (adaptation)

Harriet Pacaud (adaptation)

Barbara Elster (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Poland is under communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.

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