Blind Chance
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Boguslaw Linda
Tadeusz Lomnicki
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Boguslawa Pawelec
Marzena Trybala
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A young man suddenly quits medical school, catches a train out of town and eventually becomes a leading light in a Communist youth group. Or... he misses the train and finds God plus the love of a complicated Jewish woman. The act of catching or missing trains and planes carries our hero into possible futures, in this probe of the elusive mysteries of character and fate.
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1981
Released in United States November 1987
Released in United States March 1988
Released in United States September 1989
Released in United States 1996
Shown at London Film Festival November 1987.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival March 26 & 27, 1988.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 9 & 15, 1989.
Film was banned for five years by the Polish government following the imposition of martial law in 1981.
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1981
Released in United States November 1987 (Shown at London Film Festival November 1987.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade Theater) as part of program "Revelation & Camouflage: Polish Cinema from 1930 to the Present" January 26 - March 7, 1996.)
Released in United States March 1988 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival March 26 & 27, 1988.)
Released in United States September 1989 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 9 & 15, 1989.)
