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Blindness 2016 Directed by Ryszard Bugajski Zaćma

A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.

Country Poland
Production Country Poland
Language Polish
Spoken Language Polish
Release Date 25 November 2016
110 mins
Cast
Maria Mamona Julia Brystygierowa
Małgorzata Zajączkowska siostra Benedykta
Janusz Gajos ksiądz Cieciorka
Marek Kalita prymas Stefan Wyszyński
Bartosz Porczyk więzień
Kazimierz Kaczor żałobnik
Sławomir Orzechowski dozorca Marian
Krzysztof Ogłoza plutonowy MO
Barbara Bursztynowicz Kościukiewiczowa, kobieta w jadalni
Zbigniew Konopka prokurator
Mariusz Wojciechowski Antoni Marylski
Olga Bołądź Julia Brystygierowa w młodości
Klara Bielawka zakonnica
Barbara Garstka zakonnica informatorka
Piotr Głowacki towarzysz partyjny
Jacek Grondowy akordeonista
Kazimierz Mazur szeregowy MO
Andrzej Niemirski pułkownik
Helena Norowicz niewidoma pacjentka
Katarzyna Cynke zakonnica w jadalni