Noose (1958 film)
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Director Wojciech Jerzy Has Country Poland | 8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 20 January 1958 (1958-01-20) Based on Petla by Marek Hlasko Writer Marek Hlasko (story), Wojciech Has (story), Marek Hlasko (screenplay) Screenplay Wojciech Jerzy Has, Marek Hlasko Cast (Kuba Kowalski), (Wladek), Aleksandra Slaska (Krystyna), Teresa Szmigielowna (Kubas old love), Stanislaw Milski (Rybicki)Similar movies Related Wojciech Jerzy Has movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Noose (Polish: Pętla) is a Polish film released in 1958, and directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Gustaw Holoubek. The film is an adaptation of a short story by Marek Hłasko and follows the day in the life an alcoholic.
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Plot
Kuba Kowalski (Gustaw Holoubek) is an alcoholic who spends most of his day in his room with a bottle of vodka for company and a noose dangling from the ceiling. His ruminations are periodically interrupted by his girlfriend Krystyna (Aleksandra Slaska) banging on the door.
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Released on 20 January 1958, the film is Has's debut feature film and regarded as one of the most interesting film adaptations of Marek Hłasko's work and actor Gustaw Holoubek's first great work. The film's cynical vision ensured that communist authorities in Poland did not give it permission to be shown abroad.
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