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 | Jolanta Jedynak | Assistant Director |
Production | Alina Klobukowska | Production Executive |
Camera | Janusz Kaliciński | Camera Operator |
Sound | Tadeusz Wosinski | Sound Assistant |
Camera | Renata Pajchel | Still Photographer |
Camera | Jan Ossowski | Assistant Camera |
Art | Maria Osiecka-Kuminek | Set Decoration |
Art | Maria Lubelska-Chrołowska | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Wiesława Starska | Costume Design |
Camera | Jerzy Tomczuk | Assistant Camera |
Writing | Krzysztof Zaleski | Writers' Assistant |
Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Grażyna Dąbrowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Sound | Małgorzata Lewandowska | Sound Assistant |
Art | Magdalena Dipont | Assistant Set Decoration |
Production | Małgorzata Pakuła | Production Executive |
Costume & Make-Up | Anna Włodarczyk | Costume Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Halina Ber | Makeup Artist |
Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
Production | Bożena Michalska | Production Executive |
Production | Tomasz Bek | Production Executive |
Directing | Krzysztof Tchórzewski | Assistant Director |
Editing | Maria Kalicinski | Assistant Editor |
Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay |
Writing | Agnieszka Holland | Screenplay |
Camera | Edward Kłosiński | Director of Photography |
Sound | Piotr Zawadzki | Sound |