No End (Bez konca) (1984)
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90% of critics liked it
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76% of users liked it
(728 ratings)
The late, celebrated Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski) has created a downbeat but emotionally harrowing, magic realist tale in this film about a fictional couple whose lives are taken over by events in Poland in the turbulent, early 1980s. Antoni Zyro (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), a Polish attorney,… More The late, celebrated Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski) has created a downbeat but emotionally harrowing, magic realist tale in this film about a fictional couple whose lives are taken over by events in Poland in the turbulent, early 1980s. Antoni Zyro (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), a Polish attorney, dies in an automobile accident. For the next several weeks, his spirit watches what happens to his wife Ula (Grazyna Szapolowska) and his cause, and directs her course of action. Ula decides that her love for her dead husband can only be expressed by hiring an attorney to defend Antoni's clients - one of the most prominent is a hero of the Gdansk strikes, accused of creating the Polish solidarity movement and fighting for the cause of democratic labor. As the lawyer defends the worker who fights for his right to organize a union, Ula is still struggling with the loss of her husband -- and losing her battle to go on. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Written By
- Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 17, 1985 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
I suspect that the story of how No End came to be made, and of how it speaks to Polish audiences, would be of as much interest to American audiences as the film itself.
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
This 1984 feature by the remarkable Krzysztof Kieslowski has been described as his most explicitly political.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
No End functions both as a compliment and a precursor to the director's most lasting works.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
The aching of a moral crisis permeates every pore, from courtroom to bedroom
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Noel Murray, AV Club
[Deserves] to be counted among his acknowledged classics
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Cast
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Grazyna Szapolowska
as Ula Zyro
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Maria Pakulnis
as Joanna
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Aleksander Bardini
as Labrador
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Jerzy Radziwilowicz
as Antek Zyro
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Artur Barcis
as Darek Stach
- Michal Bajor
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Marek Kondrat
as Tomek
- Daniel Webb
- Tadeusz Bradecki
