ETHER / ÉTER

STORY

The beginning of the 20th century, borders of the Russian Tsar Imperium.
A doctor gives a mortal amount of ether to a young woman whom he wants to seduce. He gets employed in an Austrian-Hungarian fortress where he continues his experiments with ether. Their aim is to lower pain but also to manipulate human behaviour. The price of success is the loss of the soul but love can save the Doctor from eternal condemnation.

DIRECTOR:
KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI

PRODUCERS:
JANUSZ WACHALA
KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI

CO-PRODUCERS:
JUDIT STALTER
GÁBOR SIPOS
GÁBOR RAJNA
OLENA FETISOVA
ULJANA KIM
VOLODYMYR KOZYR
GIUSEPPE LEPORE
WLOZDIMIERZ NIDERHAUS
PAOLO MARIA SPINA

SCREENPLAY:
KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI

DOP:
PIOTR NIEMYJSKI

EDITOR:
MILENIA FIEDLER

PRODUCTION DESIGNER:
JOANNA MACHA

COSTUME DESIGNER:
KATARZYNA LEWINSKA

SOUND:
MARIA CHILARECKA

MUSIC:
RICHARD WAGNER

MAIN CAST:
JACEK PONIEDZIALEK
ANDRZEJ CHYRA
MAŁGORZATA PRITULAK
MARIA RYABOSHAPKA
VICTORIA ZINNY
REMO GIRONE
OSTAP STUPKA
ZSOLT LÁSZLÓ
OSTAP VAKULYUK
KOLOKOLNIKOV STANISLAV

YEAR OF PRODUCTION:
2018