Identification Marks: None (Rysopis) 60 years old

The footloose ennui of Poland’s postwar generation is captured to perfection in this jazzy chronicle of a draft-dodger’s final day of freedom. A slacker before there was a word for it, Andrzej (played by Skolimowski himself) drifts through a series of open-ended encounters with women following a wake-up argument with his pouting wife, and a long-delayed military physical (the film’s title derives from one of the questions). Skolimowski hoarded four years’ worth of the annual film footage allotment from his Lódz film school in order to create this first feature marked by compositional bravado and a trademark air of the absurd. -Barbara Scharres, Gene Siskel Film Center

Credits

Identification Marks: None Cast

Name Character
Jerzy Skolimowski He was 27, now 86 years old as Andrzej
Elżbieta Czyżewska She was 27, 72 years old when she died as Teresa/Barbara

Identification Marks: None Crew

Name Department
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Identification Marks: None (60 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, April 01, 1964
  • Runtime: 73 minutes