
Overview
In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.
Fun facts
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the European Film Award for Best Film (1990)
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Setting
Set in Poland
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jacek Petrycki
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Janusz DymekScreenplay
- Ryszard BugajskiScreenplay
- Original title
- Przesłuchanie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 13, 1989
- Original language
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland






































