
The film, which is a reconstruction of the life and work of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known under the pseudonym Witkacy, was produced especially on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. Witkacy is one of the outstanding European artists of the early twentieth century. Author of many short stories and plays translated into eighteen languages. Author of his own philosophical system, art theorist, painter of Formist paintings and portraits, a man who left behind a legend of a unique personality.

as Witkacy

as Jan Sokołowski

as Anna Liptowska

as Winifreda Cooper

as Marysia

as Staszek Krzeptowski

as Andrzej Sitkowski

as Jerzy Ziemski

as Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński

as Karol Irzykowski

as Władysław Strzemiński

as Julian Przyboś




as Theatrical Society Chairman

as Woman talking to Witkacy


as Singer

as Woman talking to Witkacy

as Sculptor

as Priest

as Witkacy's Friend


as Sokołowski's Father






as Karol



as Spectator (uncredited)