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ZOFIA (1976)

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Film details

Featuring

Dymiter Brothers Ryszarda Hanin Zdzislaw Mrozewski
Director

Ryszard Czekala
Country

Poland
Year

1976
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

SOPHIA Alternative

Synopsis

Drama about old age. Zofia is a lonely old woman who lives in a home for the aged. She hopes to spend Christmas with her daughter and eventually to live with her. Having bought presents for her daughter's family she arrives there only to realise that she is not really welcomed and she leaves. Ending up at a railway station restaurant on Christmas Eve, Zofia invites some strangers to spend Christmas with her, giving them the presents she had bought for her daughter's children.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Gypsy music performed by
    
    Dymiter Brothers
  - Zofia
    
    Ryszarda Hanin
  - Wladyslaw
    
    Zdzislaw Mrozewski
  - Zofia's daughter
    
    Alicja Jachiewicz
  - Zofia's son-in-law
    
    Stefan Szmidt
  - cast member
    
    Halina Buyno-Loza
  - cast member
    
    Andrzej Gazdeczka
  - cast member
    
    Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz
  - cast member
    
    Jozef Pieracki
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Ryszard Czekala
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Zespól Filmowy 'Kadr'
  - Production Manager
    
    Zbigniew Tolloczko
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Ryszard Czekala
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Czeslaw Swirta
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Roman Kolski
  Design:
  - Set Decorator
    
    Roman Wolyniec
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Czeslaw Niemen
  - Music
    
    Wladyslaw Iszkiewicz
  - Music
    
    Andrzej Zielinski
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Norbert Medlewski

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