The Quack

1982 [POLISH]

Drama / Romance

5
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 4082 4.1K

Plot summary

A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.

Director

Jerzy Hoffman Photo
Jerzy Hoffman

Top cast

Anna Dymna Photo
Anna Dymna as Marysia Jolanta Wilczur / voice of Beata Wilczur
Józef Zbiróg Photo
Józef Zbiróg as Public prosecutor
Piotr Fronczewski Photo
Piotr Fronczewski as Dobraniecki
Jerzy Binczycki Photo
Jerzy Binczycki as Rafal Wilczur / Antoni Kosiba
720p.BLU
1.15 GB
1280*720
Polish 2.0
NR
25 fps
2 hr 7 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by andrew-133 9 / 10

A re-make of 1938 romance/drama; a famous surgeon stricken by amnesia

Reviewed by sorinaoprean 9 / 10

A wonderful story about a surgeon suffering amnesia

I loved this film. I saw it years ago while living in Romania. Here, in Spain, nobody has ever heard of it unfortunately. Afterwards I read the book, it's absolutely fantastic (there are two novels about this character - Znachor and Profesor Wilczur) and of course searched the web in order to find a way of purchasing the DVD with English or french subtitles as I don't understand at all polish... but by now there is no such edition. It's a pity, this movie is great. After so many years lots of details are almost gone from my memory, but I remember it as a beautiful film, great actors, great music... I'd like to highly recommend it to everybody, but as I already said, there's the problem of the language.
Reviewed by karl-gutowski 8 / 10

Good story and a solid movie.

This film follows the life of a renowned physician who ends up a homeless vagrant with amnesia after losing his family and getting beaten up in an alley, all within a short span of time.There isn't anything weak about this movie. The story feels very real and has touching moments without being superficial or cheesy. The story moves between an early 20th century Polish city and village life of the same era. The main character is easy to like and to relate to as he goes through his woes and tries to put his memories and life back together.I recommend this film if you would like to watch a good, humane drama that doesn't disturb you in its darkest moment, builds an air of hope as it develops, and ends with a very satisfying sweet touch.
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