Controlled Conversations

Controlled Conversations
Controlled Conversations
Directed by Sylwester Checinski
Written by Stanislaw Tym
Starring Stanislaw Tym
Krzysztof Kowalewski
Music by Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
Cinematography Jerzy Stawicki
Release date(s) 1991
Running time 93 min
Language Polish

Controlled Conversations (Polish: Rozmowy kontrolowane) is a Polish film released in 1991, directed by Sylwester Checinski.

This very black comedy finds humor in what was otherwise a terrifying time: the outbreak of Martial Law in Poland in 1981. Starring Stanisław Tym as Ryszard, a gullible and mildly corrupt government functionary, and Krzysztof Kowalewski as Colonel Zygmunt Molibden, a member of the Polish secret police, Controlled Conversations is a brilliantly funny but extremely hermetic (for non-Poles) examination of the rise of an accidental hero.

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