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Director
  
Wojciech Jerzy Has

Music director
  
Zdzislaw Szostak

Duration
  

Language
  
Polish

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Wojciech Jerzy Has

Country
  
Poland

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober movie poster

Release date
  
26 December 1988 (1988-12-26)

Based on
  
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober  by Frederick Tristan

Writer
  
Wojciech Has, Frederick Tristan (novel)

Cast
  
Gabriela Kownacka
(Gertrude),
Adrianna Biedrzynska
(Rosa),
Rafal Wieczynski
(Balthasar Kober),
Michael Lonsdale
(Le maitre),
Emmanuelle Riva
(La mere)

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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (Polish: Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera) is a 1988 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Rafal Wieczynski, Michael Lonsdale, Adrianna Biedrzynska, Gabriela Kownacka, Emmanuelle Riva. The film is an adaptation of a novel by Frédérick Tristan that follows a young man as he travels across plague-stricken Germany of the 16th Century.

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Plot

Young alchemy student Balthazar (Rafal Wieczynski) and his master (Michael Lonsdale) are forced to flee their home by the inquisition. The set off on a journey across a plague-stricken Germany, encountering various people including corrupt priests and Kabbalists, not to mention ghosts and even an angel, before ending up in Venice where he falls in love with a young actress.

The film is the Has's final film, and marks a return to the picaresque, extravagant style of The Saragossa Manuscript and The Hourglass Sanatorium to which it can be seen as a part of a trilogy.

Cast

  • Rafal Wieczynski as Balthasar Kober
  • Michael Lonsdale as Le maître
  • Adrianna Biedrzynska as Rosa
  • Gabriela Kownacka as Gertrude / Gertruda
  • Emmanuelle Riva as La mère
  • Daniel Emilfork as Le recteur
  • Jerzy Bonczak as Flamand - Varlet
  • Zofia Merle as La matronne
  • Evelyne Dassas as L'aubergiste
  • Christine Laurent as Marguerite
  • Andrzej Szczepkowski as Le cardinal / Kardinal Nenni
  • Frédéric Leidgens as Battista Strozzi

    • Release

    Released on December 26, 1988, the film was entered into the 1988 Polish Film Festival, where Janusz Rosól won the award for Best Sound. It was also nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival the same year, but did not win.

    References

    The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober Wikipedia
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    The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober IMDb The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober themoviedb.org