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In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles
7.0 / 10• 1985• 1h 39m•NR• Polish
FantasyDramaHorror
Storyline
In a country house at the turn of a century live a family of eccentrics. Anastasia, the beautiful mistress of the manor, enjoys the amorous attentions of her stepson Blarney so openly that her husband Diapanasius takes out his shotgun and shoots her. The rest of the family accepts her end as a matter-of-fact, and soon - her return as a voyeuristic ghost who interferes with their love lifes. Anastasia has a posthumous son Tadeusz, "born" by clambering out of the tree trunk. Anastasia seduces him too, and drives another men so crazy that they kill her another couple of times. Finally, Tadeusz, the arch-rebel, leads a mob on a raid of the old manor.
Cast & Crew
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Anastazja
Lead
Grażyna Szapołowska
Aneta
Gustaw Holoubek
Dyapanazego
Jerzy Bończak
Jezory
Tadeusz Chudecki
Tadzio
AJ
Agnieszka Józefowska
Marysia
Feliks Szajnert
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Jan Englert
Ryszard Korbowski
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrzej Kotkowski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
