A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
Unfortunately the movie Without Anesthesia is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
Production | Barbara Pec-Ślesicka | Production Manager |
Directing | Krystyna Grochowicz | Assistant Director |
Directing | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | Assistant Director |
Directing | Jolanta Jedynak | Assistant Director |
Writing | Krzysztof Zaleski | Writers' Assistant |
Camera | Janusz Kaliciński | Camera Operator |
Camera | Jan Ossowski | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Jerzy Tomczuk | Assistant Camera |
Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
Art | Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska | Art Direction |
Art | Maria Osiecka-Kuminek | Set Decoration |
Art | Magdalena Dipont | Assistant Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Wiesława Starska | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Anna Włodarczyk | Costume Assistant |
Sound | Małgorzata Lewandowska | Sound Assistant |
Sound | Tadeusz Wosinski | Sound Assistant |
Editing | Maria Kalicinski | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Halina Ber | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Grażyna Dąbrowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Camera | Renata Pajchel | Still Photographer |
Production | Alina Klobukowska | Production Executive |
Production | Małgorzata Pakuła | Production Executive |
Production | Bożena Michalska | Production Executive |
Production | Tomasz Bek | Production Executive |
Writing | Agnieszka Holland | Screenplay |
Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay |
Camera | Edward Kłosiński | Director of Photography |
Sound | Piotr Zawadzki | Sound |