The Spiral

Year: 1978

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: Polish

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi

Drama

A man arrives at a winter resort hotel, discards his car keys and bursts inside, demanding to be heard yet unable to convey his message. He abruptly leaves into the snow, later found frostbitten but alive after a search by those he disturbed. In a sanatorium they tend him and slowly uncover the true cause of his frantic behavior.

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