Wojaczek (1999)
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Cast
Krzysztof Siwczyk, Dominika Ostalowska, Andrzej Mastalerz, Elżbieta Okupska
A poet’s final years begin with a suicide attempt in a gloomy tenement.
The story
The film follows the poet Wojaczek during the final four years of his life, beginning with his first suicide attempt: he falls through the glass window of a gloomy tenement building.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film’s action is confined to the poet’s final four years, from 1967 to May 11, 1971, when Wojaczek died by suicide. The film begins with Wojaczek’s first suicide attempt, when he falls through the glass window of a gloomy tenement building. Wojaczek constantly tries to hasten his death: he turns on the gas taps; he leaves the second-floor apartment through the window instead of the door; he runs to a freshly dug grave and asks for it to be filled in. In the end, he dies by suicide after taking a lethal dose of drugs.
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