Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

Drama

Film Synopsis

Alex Rodak is a notorious theatre director, a Pole living in exile in London.  He is presently trying to raise money for his next play, a politico-mystical concoction.  Meanwhile, his young son Adam is in the midst of an existential crisis.  Tired of being surrounded by people who are not what they seem, he takes a plane to Poland, where he believes things are really happening...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Script: Jerzy Skolimowski, Michal Skolimowski, Michel Ciment, Harriet Pacaud, Barbara Elster
  • Cinematographer: Mike Fash
  • Music: Stanley Myers, Hans Zimmer
  • Cast: Michael York (Alex Rodak), Joanna Szczerbic (Alicia Rodak), Michal Skolimowski (Adam Rodak), Józef Skolimowski (Tony Rodak), Michel Piccoli (French Official), Anouk Aimée (Monique des Fontaines), John Hurt (Dino Montecurva), Ric Young (Chinese Waiter), Claude Le Saché (Monsieur Conio), Malcolm Sinclair (Assistant Stage Manager), Hilary Drake (Stage Manager), Jane Asher (Bank Manager), Adam French (Martin), Sam Smart (Mallett), Tim Brown (Professor), Maribel Jones (Maribel), Michael Sarne (Video store attendant), Maureen Bennett (BA Girl), Martyn Whitby (Video game club clerk), Bill Monks (First grip)
  • Country: France / UK
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 91 min

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