The Codes
An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
Jan Kreczmar
Tadeusz
Zbigniew Cybulski
Maciek
Ignacy Gogolewski
Doctor Zygmunt Gross
Irena Horecka
Helena Kunicka
Janusz Kłosiński
Bookstore Manager
Barbara Krafftówna
Jadwiga
Wacław Kowalski
Madeja
Kazimierz Opaliński
Pieczara
Władysław Dewoyno
Train Waiter
Adam Dzieszyński
Hotel Receptionist
Janusz Gajos
Monk
Stefania Kołodziejczyk
Waitress
Irma Kozłowska
Caretaker
Zofia Merle
Wacka
Irena Orska
Neighbour
Jadwiga Skupnik
Phone Operator
Irena Eichlerówna
Zofia
Leopold Rene Nowak
Gestapo Officer / Man on the Street (uncredited)
Kazimierz Ostrowicz
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Director
Zofia Dwornik
Editor
Witold Sobociński
Camera Operator
Maria Szafran
Set Decoration
Wojciech Solarz
First Assistant Director
Bohdan Bieńkowski
Sound
Jerzy Skarżyński
Costume Design
Anna Włodarczyk
Makeup Artist
Lidia Skarżyńska
Costume Design
Stanisław Radwan
Music
Jerzy Skarżyński
Production Design
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Krzysztof Penderecki
Music
Ryszard Straszewski
Production Manager
Wiesława Borecka
Assistant Production Manager
Wanda Wojnar-Iliew
Assistant Production Manager
Albert Kuchnia
Assistant Production Design
Marek Dobrowolski
Assistant Production Manager
Andrzej Kijowski
Story
Andrzej Kijowski
Screenplay
Mieczysław Jahoda
Director of Photography
Jan Franciszczak
Sound Assistant
Alicja Wasilewska
Assistant Costume Designer
Julian Magda
Assistant Camera
Janusz Przybylski
Conductor
Mieczysław Sitarz
Assistant Camera
Halina Garus
Assistant Director
Karol Dąbrowski
Assistant Director
Eugenia Jaśkiewicz
Assistant Director
Tadeusz Domiczek
Assistant Makeup Artist
Kazimierz Siczek
Sound Assistant
Danuta Bonikowska
Assistant Editor
Leopold Rene Nowak
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