Nocny gość

Nocny gość

1990 · 83 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, History

In 1456, Francis Villon and his companions attack a merchant in the forest. On the cart they find a girl dead of the plague. They give up the robbery. Villon spends the evening in an inn. He drinks, dances - the fun is interrupted by the arrival of a leper. Only Villon is not afraid to touch him, he treats him as a neighbor. In bed, his lover Gretel complains to the poet that no one wants to marry her....

Directed by Stanisław Różewicz · Written by Stanisław Różewicz

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