Sławomir Mrożek

Teleplay based on Slavomiras Mrozekas' works.

The famous play by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Maciej Englert. A 1999 production.

Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to give to the most deserving person in the city of Kraków. However, they consistently fall into the wrong hands, creating a multitude of absurd and comedic situations.

A man enters a restaurant and, after trying and failing to attract the attentions of the waiter, an absurd battle of wills commences.

A long-time guest of a respectable hotel, an elderly lonely playwright, famous in the past, now left without a job and without funds, is ready to pass away. He signs a contract with a young hotel porter, who, for a large sum within a week, unexpectedly for the customer, has to help him with this.

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

Festival is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television.