The Constant Factor

The Constant Factor

Directed by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Written by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Starring	Tadeusz Bradecki
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak
Music by	Wojciech Kilar
Distributed by	New Yorker Films (US)
Release dates	May 1980 (1980-05) (premiere at Cannes) 9 March 1983 (1983-03-09) (US, limited)
Running time	92 min.
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

The Constant Factor (Polish: Constans) is a 1980 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It tells the story of a young man struggling to face the death of his mother and harbouring a desire to climb the Himalayas as his father had done.

The film won the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast[]

Tadeusz Bradecki - Witold
Zofia Mrozowska - Witold's Mother
Malgorzata Zajaczkowska - Grazyna
Cezary Morawski - Stefan
Witold Pyrkosz - Mariusz
- Stefan's Wife
- Zenek
Juliusz Machulski - Wladek
- Wlodzimierz
- Mate
- Scientist

References[]

^ "Festival de Cannes: The Constant Factor". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

External links[]

The Constant Factor at IMDb
The Constant Factor at AllMovie

v t Films directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
Family Life (1971) The Illumination (1973) A Woman's Decision (1975) Camouflage (1977) Spiral (1978) The Constant Factor (1980) Imperative (1982) A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) Power of Evil (1985) Inventory (1989) At Full Gallop (1996) Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) The Supplement (2002) Persona Non Grata (2005) Black Sun (2007)

v t Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize
1946–1973	The Battle of the Rails (1946) All About Eve (1951) We Are All Murderers (1952) Knave of Hearts (1954) Lost Continent (1955) The Mystery of Picasso (1956) Kanał / The Seventh Seal (1957) Mon Oncle (1958) Stars (1959) L'Avventura / Odd Obsession (1960) Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) The Trial of Joan of Arc / L'Eclisse (1962) Harakiri / The Cassandra Cat (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Kwaidan (1965) Alfie (1966) Z (1969) The Falcons / The Strawberry Statement (1970) Love / Joe Hill (1971) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) The Hourglass Sanatorium / The Invitation (1973)
1980–2000	The Constant Factor (1980) Kharij (1983) Colonel Redl (1985) Thérèse (1986) Yeelen / Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) A Short Film About Killing (1988) Jesus of Montreal (1989) Hidden Agenda (1990) Europa / Out of Life (1991) Dream of Light / An Independent Life (1992) The Puppetmaster / Raining Stones (1993) La Reine Margot (1994) Don't Forget You're Going to Die / Carrington (1995) Crash (1996) Western (1997) Class Trip / Festen (1998) The Letter (1999) Blackboards / Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
2002–present	Divine Intervention (2002) At Five in the Afternoon (2003) Tropical Malady (2004) Shanghai Dreams (2005) Red Road (2006) Persepolis / Silent Light (2007) Il Divo (2008) Thirst / Fish Tank (2009) A Screaming Man (2010) Polisse (2011) The Angels' Share (2012) Like Father, Like Son (2013) Mommy / Goodbye to Language (2014) The Lobster (2015) American Honey (2016) Loveless (2017) Capernaum (2018) Bacurau / Les Misérables (2019) Ahed's Knee / Memoria (2021)

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