Layer Cake

Local title
Kihiline
Original title
Przekładaniec
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Country
Year
1968
Festival
HÕFF 2021, HÕFF 2026
Programme
Genre

Richard Fox is a highly successful car racer. Together with his brother Thomas, a superb pilot, he wins many races. Unfortunately one of the races ends tragically. The severely injured brothers are transported to a clinic run by a brilliant doctor, who specialises in transplantology. Richard survives the operation only thanks to multiple organ transplants from his brother. A scandal erupts when the widow attempts to obtain her rightful compensation from the insurance company, which decides to pay out only 30% of the total amount. They justify the decision by stating that only a part of the deceased was buried.\n\nA film novel, completed at the end of 1960s, tells of the events taking place in the future, at the threshold of the 21st century. Stanisław Lem, the author of the script, is a specialist in the grotesque and works of fiction. Over 58 years have passed since the premiere of "Layer Cake". Since then, medicine has made tremendous progress in transplantology. What seemed to be pure fantasy in the past is now real.\n\nThe special screening celebrates the centenary of Andrzej Wajda's birth. The film screening is presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn. The film will be preceded by a short presentation.

Director
Andrzej Wajda
Cast
Bogumil Kobiela, Ryszard Filipski, Anna Prucnal
DoP
Wieslaw Zdort
Composer
Andrzej Markowski
Production
Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Runtime
Language
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Screenings

Screening010316 / Kihiline
SubtitlesEnglish
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