"An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the profit for herself. She finally finds a publisher, but there's a strange single condition that could cost the writer his life."
André Dussollier
as Jacques
Pierre Arditi
as Henri
Jiří Menzel
as Stan
Anna Romantowska
as Barbara
Maurice Bénichou
as Arnold
Carlo Brandt
as The Kine
Henryk Bista
as Yanek
Jacques Denis
as Doctor
Enzo Scotto Lavina
as Luigi
Chiara Caselli
as Luigi's Daughter
Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski
as Pitchik
Beata Tyszkiewicz
as Madame Pitchik
Olga Grumberg
as Assistant Doctor
Andréas Voutsinas
as The American Director
Elena Gavras
as The Assistant Director
Thibault de Montalembert
as Assistant Arnold
Kazimierz Kaczor
as Vice-Consul
Bogdan Baer
as The Guard
Stanislas Gaczol
as Interpreter
Janina Gaczol
Jean-Claude Grumberg
as Kornfeld
Françoise Castro
as Guest
Jean Lescot
Jean-François Lapalus
Alexia Stresi
as Waitress
Alexandre Bancel
as Team Member
Rachid Madaoui
Gilles Porte
Dominique Odic
as An Uzbek
Pierre 'Speedy' Duval
S. Guilbaud
as The Pope
Julie Gayet
as (uncredited)
Dominique Isnard
as Jeanne (uncredited)
Wojciech Kostecki
as Cardinal at the airport (uncredited)
Kazimierz Wysota
as Man at party (uncredited)
Stefano Masciarelli
as Pope deputy
Costa-Gavras
Director
Writer
Dialogue
Screenplay
Tadeusz Konwicki
Novel
Conchita Airoldi
Executive Producer
Valerio De Paolis
Associate Producer
Dino Di Dionisio
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Producer
Lew Rywin
Grzegorz Warchoł
Philippe Sarde
Music
Patrick Blossier
Director of Photography
Joële Van Effenterre
Editor
Lissa Pillu
Casting
Philippe Chiffre
Production Design
Małgorzata Stefaniak
Costume Design
Edith Vesperini
Anna Adamek
Makeup Artist
Samanta Antonnicola
Production Manager
Andrzej Besztak
Barbara Cieslak
Production Secretary
Gérard Gaultier
Jan Janik
Grazyna Kozlowska
Catherine Pierrat
Unit Manager
Michał Szczerbic
Second Assistant Director
Frédéric Blum
Assistant Director
Marek Brodzki
Philippe Chapus
Alberte Garo
Francesca Marra
First Assistant Director
Pierre Minot
Magdalena Szwarcbart
Alain Alexandre
Property Master
Władysław Bielski
Set Decoration
Ewa Braun
E.v.e
Isabelle Filleul de Brohy
Set Dresser
Waldemar Weiss
Construction Coordinator
Bernard Chaumeil
Boom Operator
Pierre Gamet
Sound
Alain Lachassagne
Sound Editor
Jean-Pierre Lelong
Foley Artist
Roger Letellier
Sound Effects
Mario Melchiorri
Franco Piscopo
Sound Mixer
Claude Villand
Georges Demétrau
Special Effects
Bernard Chevreul
Stunts
Philippe Guégan
Rémy Julienne
Zbigniew Modej
Patrick Steltzer
Daniel Vérité
Nicolas Bertherat
Still Photographer
Jean Marc Bringuier
Steadicam Operator
Nathalie Durand
Assistant Camera
Muriel Edelstein
Second Unit Cinematographer
Bruno Ietto
Grip
Krzysztof Koperski
Lighting Camera
Electrician
Bruno Seffino
Thierry Van Laere
Yves Vandermissen
Key Grip
Jaroslaw Roszyk
Eric Chahi
Animation
Giovanni Casalnuovo
Assistant Costume Designer
Stéphane Rollot
Stratos Gabrielidis
Assistant Editor
Muriel Moreau
Bruno Patin
Color Timer
Sylvette Baudrot
Script Supervisor
Pauline Goetzmann
Administration
Elżbieta Heleniak
Agata Kozak
Translator
Małgorzata Kozłowska
Production Coordinator
Anna Orieti
Production Accountant