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Catalog/Drama/The Third Part of the Night
The Third Part of the Night poster
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MASTER SCORE 77.1 / 100
1971·Drama / Horror / War·1h 47m

THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.

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Andrzej Zulawski·DirectorAndrzej Żuławski·ScreenplayMirosław Żuławski·ScreenplayWitold Sobociński·Director of PhotographyAndrzej Korzyński·Original Music ComposerHalina Prugar-Ketling·Editor
Cast
Leszek Teleszyński·MichałMałgorzata Braunek·MartaJan Nowicki·JanJerzy Goliński·Michał's FatherAnna Milewska·Sister KlaraMichał Grudziński·MarianMarek Walczewski·RozenkrancHanna Stankówna·Lice BreederAlicja Jachiewicz·The WaitressLeszek Długosz·Blind Man
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 3
Andrzej Żuławski·DirectorAndrzej Kotkowski·First Assistant DirectorMaria Pietrzak·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Andrzej Żuławski·ScreenplayMirosław Żuławski·Screenplay
Camera· 5
Witold Sobociński·Director of PhotographyMaciej Kijowski·Camera OperatorBohdan Borewicz·Assistant CameraPiotr Jaszczuk·Assistant CameraRenata Pajchel·Still Photographer
Editing· 2
Halina Prugar-Ketling·EditorJadwiga Lesniewicz·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 4
Andrzej Korzyński·Original Music ComposerMałgorzata Jaworska·SoundAnna Grabowska·Music ConsultantAndrzej Sadowski·Sound Assistant
Art & Design· 8
Teresa Barska·Production DesignLidia Rzeszewska·Costume DesignHalina Ber·Makeup ArtistStanislaw Ledóchowski·Set DecorationJerzy Śnieżawski·Assistant Production DesignWiesław Orłowski·Construction ForemanAnna Grabowska·Assistant Makeup ArtistAndrzej Wajda·Supervising Art Director
Production· 5
Stefan Kryński·Production ConsultantMaciej Grochowicz·Production ConsultantBarbara Pec-Ślesicka·Production ManagerTadeusz Drewno·Assistant Production ManagerDanuta Iwanowska·Assistant Production Manager
Other Departments· 1
Aleksy Krywsza·Lighting Technician
By the Numbers
77.1
OF 100
Master Score
7.3
OF 10
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