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Ether
At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman – the object of his desire. After getting away with his crime, he finds employment in a fortress, where he continues his experiments with ether to manage pain and manipulate human behaviour. Despite his evilness, it is not too late for his soul to be saved from eternal damnation…
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Zanussi
Casts & Crew
Jacek Poniedziałek
Andrzej Chyra
Małgorzata Pritulak
Zsolt László
Ostap Vakulyuk
Maria Ryaboshapka
Leonardo Lacaria
Rafał Mohr
Victoria Zinny
Remo Girone
Ostap Stupka
Natalka Polovynka
Stanislav Kolokolnikov
Stefan Górski
Arturas Dubaka
Przemyslaw Stippa
Zsuzsa Pálos
Sebastian Pawlak
Dominik Rybiałek
Oleksandr Loginov
Maciek Hanczewski
Tural Agayev
Vasily Lukyanenko
Tadeusz Bradecki
Svetlana Kosolapova
Barbara Garstka
Dóra Sztarenki
Polett Svak
Fruzsina Háda
Olívia Csúcs
Hanna Erkel
János Hajnal
Volodymyr Antonov
Vova Makovskyi
Karolina Porcari
Diana Yurash
Dmytro Stupka
Bartłomiej Firlet
Maciej Charyton
Grazyna Zielinska
Paweł Kowalski
Artur Mikolajewski
Dariusz Karpiński
Martina Valentini Marinaz
Kinga Józsa Kovács
Artem Manuilov
Andrzej Szenajch
Leonardo Zanier
Adriano Braidotti
Hanna Zbyryt
Yevhen Malukha
Pawel Okraska
Alina Kaminska
Viktor Glushkov
Gabriela Mielzynska
Irina Melnik
Krzysztof Lazicki
Adam Ferency
Magdalena Górska
Magdalena Kuta
Marcin Bytniewski
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