Markheim (1972)

Poland, 28 January 1972
25m
videotape, black and white, 4:3
mono, Polish

A Polish horror television film directed by Janusz Majewski.

Plot Summary

Markheim murders an antique dealer and is confronted by a mysterious man who claims to have been watching him his whole life. Markheim tries to justify his actions but the stranger repeatedly refutes him before tempting him – will he kill the dealer’s servant or will he repent?

Credits

Crew
Director: Janusz Majewski
© Film Polski MCMLXXI [1971]
Film Polski, Telewizja Polska present. PRF “Zespoly Filmowe”, Zespol Iluzjon
Team Manager: Czeslaw Petelski
Production Manager: Jan Szymanski
Assistant Production Managers: Edward Klosowicz, H. Kulkowski, W. Kuna
Screenplay: Janusz Majewski
Dialogue: Stanislaw Kasprzysiak
Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dramaturg: Aleksander Scibor-Rylski
Assistant Directors: Halina Garus, M. Wojtyszko, E. Stachlewska
Photography: Wieslaw Zdort
Camera Operator: Maciej Kijowski
Camera Assistant: J. Górski
Editors: Janina Niedzwiecka, J. Bartczak
Laboratory: Wytwornia Filmów Fabularnych, Lodzi
Music: Bohdan Mazurek
Music Consultant: Piotr Marczewski
Sound: Wieslaw Cwiklinski, Z. Przygodzki, H. Klimczak
Costumes: Alicja Wahl|Alicja and Bozena Wahl
Make-up: Hanna Smiech, B. Marcinkowska Barbara Marcinkowska]
Art Director: Tadeusz Wybult, F. Blaszynska
Set Decorator: Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Studop: Wytwornia Filmów Fabularnych, Lodzi

Cast
Aleksander Bardini (Antykwariusz)
Jerzy Kamas (Markheim)
G. Dlugolecka Grazyna Dlugolecka] (Karolinka)
A. Iwaniec Aleksander Iwaniec] (Kochanek Karolinki)
J. Tesarz Jan Tesarz] (Pijak)