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Writers:
Romuald Karas (dialogue)
Romuald Karas (scenario)
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Release Date:
6 December 1976 (Poland) more
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1970. After discussions and dishonest negotiations, a decision is taken as to where a large new chemical factory is to be built and Bednarz... more | add synopsis
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2 wins more
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Poignant tale of a simple man trapped under a hard to follow system. more (4 total)

Cast

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Franciszek Pieczka ... Stefan Bednarz
Mariusz Dmochowski ... Vorsitzender
Jerzy Stuhr ... Bednarz's assistant
Jan Skotnicki
Stanislaw Igar ... Minister
Stanislaw Michalski
Michal Tarkowski ... TV editor
Andrzej Skupien
Halina Winiarska ... Bednarz's Wife
Joanna Orzeszkowska ... Eva - Bednarz's Daughter
Jadwiga Bryniarska (as J. Bryniarska)
Agnieszka Holland ... Secretary (as A. Holland)
Malgorzata Lesniewska (as M. Lesniewska)
Asja Lamtiugina (as A. Lamtiugina)
Ryszard Bacciarelli (as R. Bacciarelli)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Scar
Die Narbe (East Germany) (West Germany) (TV title) [de]
Arpi (Finland) [fi]
Forradás (Hungary) [hu]
La cicatríz (Argentina) [es]
La cicatrice (France) [fr]
La cicatriu (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
To simadi (Greece) [el]
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112 min
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Poignant tale of a simple man trapped under a hard to follow system., 8 August 2007
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Author: Lalit Rao (cpowerccc@yahoo.com) from Paris, France

Scar is a brave film which takes its time to settle nicely in viewers' minds.It starts in a highly official manner and later develops into a family tragedy.In Scar the best thing to watch is the manner in which all the elements of human weaknesses are portrayed.Helpless characters not being able to come out of their shell is an accepted trait of Kieslowski's films and it is very much evident in The Scar too as its leading player Bednarz is trapped from all sides.He can neither free himself from family pressures coming from his wife and daughter nor from his job under a communist regime.It would be wrong to judge this film's characters based on their actions but it would nevertheless not be wrong to claim that they are victims of unfortunate circumstances as they are being trapped under a system in which change is slow to come and consensus is really reached.For all those interested in Polish cinema they are some very good glimpses of 2 of the most outstanding figures of Polish cinema : a young Agnieszka Holland as an actress and Jerzy Stuhr as a young communist party worker.

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