

Without Anesthesia
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival9 Oct 1979
- PremiereSeattle International Film Festival6 May 1980
- Theatrical (limited)19 Feb 1982
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival (Restored Version)19 Oct 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival12 May 1979
- Theatrical17 Oct 1979
PolandPL
- Theatrical27 Nov 1978
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Without Anesthesia was released on 27 November 1978.
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