Success Is the Best Revenge

John Hurt and Michael York - Together for the first time!

Duration: 91 min

Release date: 1984-05-26

IMDB

Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the authoritarian Polish government. His sons might not share his political views, though.

Drama

Success Is the Best Revenge

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as Dino Montecurva

as Monique des Fontaines

as French Official

Michał Skolimowski

Michał Skolimowski

Józef Skolimowski

Józef Skolimowski

as Bank Manager

Joanna Szczerbic

Joanna Szczerbic

as Alicia Rodak

Tristram Jellinek

Tristram Jellinek

as Second inspector

as Stage Manager

as Casius Banghali

as Video Store Attendant

as Chinese Waiter

Malcolm Sinclair

Malcolm Sinclair

as Assistant Stage Manager

Claude Le Saché

Claude Le Saché

as Monsieur Conio

Maureen Bennett

Maureen Bennett

as Video Game Club Clerk

as First Inspector

Tristram Jellinek

Tristram Jellinek

as Second Inspector

as Angry Old Man

Eugeniusz Korczarowski

Eugeniusz Korczarowski

as Spanish Woman

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Production Design

Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Jerzy Skolimowski

Michał Skolimowski

Michał Skolimowski

Andrzej Kostenko

Andrzej Kostenko

Original Music Composer

Andrzej Kostenko

Andrzej Kostenko

Second Unit Director

Director of Photography

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