Without Anesthesia
1978 · 131 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 762 VOTES · DIR. Andrzej Wajda
Overview
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,341 lines
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00:00:04 Film Polski presents:
00:04:27 I don't understand why you ask.
00:08:51 Yes, your daddy!
00:15:21 ...to warn us off this subject...
00:19:41 Be strong.
00:23:39 Very well, I'll inform my client.
00:27:34 ...who chooses to travel elsewhere...
00:31:19 If I get involved in minor things, then my word won't...
00:35:38 Do you think she's some kind of a saint?
00:39:20 ...the award went to Koleba, though it deals with a truth...
00:43:17 Make us some tea, please.
00:48:19 ...about your seminar. It means a lot us.
00:52:20 ...I'm leaving.
00:58:52 Tell her you want to be with daddy and mummy. OK?
01:05:20 No one would give those orders. Even if they did.
01:11:59 Get out of here!
01:17:14 She's very sensitive and inclined...
01:21:46 Private.
01:25:26 If anyone did, it was me.
01:31:12 We hardly eat at all...
01:36:17 Were the petitioner and Dr. Jakowicz friends?
01:39:26 ...with whom he had a disagreement...
01:42:42 Witness is dismissed. Are there any motions?
01:48:07 I went out for just a moment.