Controlled Conversations (Polish: Rozmowy kontrolowane) is a Polish film

Film

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 released in 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

, directed by Sylwester Checinski

Sylwester Checinski

Sylwester Chęciński is a Polish film and television director.-Filmography:*Rozmowy Kontrolowane *Kochaj albo rzuć *Nie ma mocnych *Sami Swoi -References:...

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This very black comedy

Black comedy

A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...

 finds humor in what was otherwise a terrifying time: the outbreak of Martial Law

Martial law in Poland

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 in Poland in 1981. Starring Stanisław Tym as Ryszard, a gullible and mildly corrupt government functionary, and Krzysztof Kowalewski

Krzysztof Kowalewski

Krzysztof Kowalewski is a Polish actor and comedian. He starred in the 1976 film Brunet wieczorową porą. His first wife Vivian came from Cuba. For many years he has been in a relationship with a popular Polish acctress Ewa Wisniewska. They split up after Krzysztof met an actress Agnieszka Suchora,...

 as Colonel Zygmunt Molibden, a member of the Polish secret police, Controlled Conversations is a brilliantly funny but extremely hermetic (for non-Poles) examination of the rise of an accidental hero.