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The Conductor

63 %|Feb 27, 1980|Drama, Music

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and professional reasons.

Featured Crew

Andrzej Wajda
Director
Andrzej Kijowski
Writer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Slawomir Idziak
Director of Photography
Allan Starski
Production Design
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Piotr Zawadzki
Sound

Cast

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John Gielgud
John Lasocki
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Andrzej Seweryn
Adam Pietryk
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Jan Ciecierski
Marta's Father
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Marek Dąbrowski
Cultural Office Clerk
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Janusz Gajos
Dignitary from Warsaw
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Mary Ann Krasiński
Marta's Friend
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Wojciech Wysocki
Kwiatkowski
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Mariusz Gorczyński
Warsaw Violinist (uncredited)
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Tadeusz Hanusek
Warsaw Violinist (uncredited)