The Spiral

Sep 21, 1978

1h 23m

★ 6.7

Overview

In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zespół Filmowy "Tor"

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Cast

Tomasz

Jan Nowicki

Teresa

Maja Komorowska

Maria

Zofia Kucówna

Doctor

Aleksander Bardini

Henryk

Jan Świderski

Old Woman

Seweryna Broniszówna

Henryk's Son

Piotr Garlicki

Doctor

Marian Glinka

Augustyn

Andrzej Hudziak

Psychologist

Marta Ławińska

Czarek

Cezary Morawski

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