Profesor Zazul

Aug 27, 1968

0h 22m

★ 6.3

Overview

Tichy is caught by a storm on the side road, and therefore forced to seek shelter in strange looking house. He is welcomed by Profesor Zazul, who devoted his life to cloning experiments. Based on a short story by Stanisław Lem featured in Memories of Ijon Tichy.

Genres

TV Movie

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Se-Ma-For

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Cast

Zazul

Stanisław Milski

Tichy

Piotr Kurowski

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