When Angels Fall

6.6 / 10

(38 votes)

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.

Country:

Poland

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

21 minutes

Year:

1959

Director:

Roman Polanski

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Company:

Lodz Film School

Cast:
Barbara Lass

Young Woman

Roman Polanski

Old Woman

Henryk Kluba

Deserter

Andrzej Kondratiuk

The Son

Stefan Bartik

The Girl's Father (uncredited)

Crew:
Roman Polanski

Director

Roman Polanski

Screenplay

Krzysztof Komeda

Original Music Composer

Henryk Kucharski

Director of Photography

Kazimierz Wisniak

Production Design