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Szamanka

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Szamanka

"She's a machine."

1996

1h 57m

6.1(67 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Anthropology professor Michal develops two overwhelming obsessions. The first one is a mummified, 3,000 year-old, perfectly preserved body of a shaman he and his colleagues have recently dragged out of a swamp. The second is an enigmatic student he meets by chance at a railway station.

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10 featured cast members

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Bogusław Linda

Bogusław Linda

Michał

Iwona Petry

Iwona Petry

Włoszka

Piotr Machalica

Piotr Machalica

Anna's Father

Paweł Burczyk

Paweł Burczyk

Marcin

Stanisław Jaskułka

Stanisław Jaskułka

Lecturer of AGH

Agnieszka Wagner

Agnieszka Wagner

Anna

Paweł Deląg

Paweł Deląg

Jules

Piotr Zelt

Piotr Zelt

Michal's Friend

Sebastian Konrad

Sebastian Konrad

Michal's Friend

Joanna Benda

Michal's Collaborator

Creative team

Directed by: Andrzej Żuławski
Written by: Manuela Gretkowska
Produced by: Jacky Ouaknine

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