Chance Meeting on the Atlantic (1980)
Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between a Polish doctor with a heart condition meeting a man he knew before. Neither of them was willing to admit their differences from the college days. The meeting torments the doctor enough to start him drinking and dying of a heart attack.
- Released
- 1980-09-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska as Magda
- Ignacy Gogolewski as Nowak
- Marek Walczewski as Walter
- Małgorzata Wiśniewska-Niemirska as Irena
- Feliks Parnell as Mr. Józef
- Marek Lewandowski as Zbyszek
- Wacław Ulewicz as Priest
- Jerzy Braszka as Steward
- Gustaw Lutkiewicz as Chief Steward
- Wiesława Kosmalska as Passenger (uncredited)
- Zygmunt Maciejewski as Captain (uncredited)
- Stanisław Michalski as Passenger (uncredited)