Lesson of a Dead Language (1979)
An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
- Released
- 1979-09-06
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Janusz Majewski
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Olgierd Łukaszewicz as porucznik Alfred Kiekeritz
- Ewa Dałkowska as Olga Diana, medium
- Małgorzata Pritulak as dróżniczka Liza Kut
- Gustaw Lutkiewicz as leśniczy Szwanda
- Juliusz Machulski as Moszko, strażnik jeńców
- Irena Karel as pielęgniarka Irina
- Marek Kondrat as porucznik von Traut
- Piotr Pawłowski as doktor Stieglitz
- Mieczysław Voit as dyrektor cyrku
- Włodzimierz Boruński as Roth, recepcjonista w hotelu
- Zygmunt Malanowicz as Valasek, naczelnik stacji
- Kazimierz Iwor as Wasserzug, właściciel hotelu