The Epidemic

1972

1h 32m

8.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.

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42 members

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Tadeusz Borowski

Dr. Adam Rawicz

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Janusz Bukowski

Dr. Bielski

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Stanisław Michalski

Wilkoń

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Maciej Rayzacher

Dr. Olczak

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Iga Mayr

Dr. Konopacka

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Jolanta Wanat

Ewa

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Bogusz Bilewski

Władek

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Eliasz Kuziemski

Fever Hospital Chief

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Ferdynand Matysik

Assistant Professor

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Igor Przegrodzki

Health Department Manager

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Bolesław Abart

Isolation Ward Manager

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Jerzy Block

Sick Man

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Zygmunt Bielawski

Pilot

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Halina Buyno-Łoza

Danko

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Adolf Chronicki

Minister

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Władysław Dewoyno

Doctor

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Elżbieta Gorzycka

Unknown Role

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Wirgiliusz Gryń

Tractor Driver

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Zuzanna Helska

Nurse

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Bolesław Idziak

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Joanna Jędryka

Olczak's Wife

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Ryszard Kotys

Porter

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S. Krupski

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Piotr Kurowski

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Anna Lutosławska

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Mieczysław Łoza

Taxi Driver

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Stanisław Michalik

Dr. Jacek Szemiot

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Jerzy Moes

Journalist

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Ludomir Olszewski

Tourist

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Kazimierz Ostrowicz

Maria Kwiatek's Friend

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Helena Reklewska

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Józef Sajdak

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Roman Sikora

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Jerzy Smyk

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Andrzej Wilk

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Sabina Wiśniewska

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Maria Zbyszewska

Sick Woman

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Henryk Hunko

Escaping Patient (uncredited)

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Cezary Kussyk

Man In Front Of The Hospital (uncredited)

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Zdzisław Kuźniar

Funeral Home Worker (uncredited)

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Andrzej Mrozek

Rawicz's Friend (uncredited)

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Jerzy Zygmunt Nowak

Man At Taxi Rank (uncredited)

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