16 May 1973
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While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy.
Strawman
Budny, a secret service officer, secretly surveils Bishop Karol Wojtyla for 20 years. An unreciprocated bond forms between Budny and the unaware Wojtyla, leading to an obsessive, pathological relationship from Budny's perspective.
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Mateusz Więcławek Bronek Budny
Marianna Zydek Marta
Zbigniew Stryj Lieutenant Wojnar
Adrian Brząkała Priest Michał
Maciej Mikołajczyk Karol Wojtyła
Zuzanna Lit Designer Krysia
Krzysztof Wach 'Lysy'
Krzysztof Szczepaniak 'Ryzy'
Szymon Roszak Wasik
Paulina Kinaszewska Irena Kinaszewska
Andrzej Mastalerz Secretary of the Central Committee
Barbara Jonak Janiakowa
Radosław Krzyżowski TW 'Alfa'
Juliusz Chrząstowski TW 'Delta'
Tadeusz Chudecki School Principal
Julia Lewenfisz-Górka Girl
Stanisław Twaróg Young Worker
Kamil Mróz Injured
Maciej Półtorak Monika Daukszo
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