Overview
Karol sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Karol's tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Karol starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.
Cast
- Bożena Adamek as Mother
- Rafał Olbrychski as Karol
- Karol Cieślar as Three-year old Karol
- Maciej Wilk as Seven-year old Karol
- Adam Ferency as Chef
- Marek Walczewski as Teacher
- Stanisława Celińska as Postwoman
- Leon Niemczyk as Inspector
- Ewa Frąckiewicz as Mrs Weiss
- Marek Siudym as Mother's Fiance