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Why? Cast & Characters

1h 44m
Starring Cast
M
Magdalena Wójcik
E
Emilia Krakowska
H
Henryk Talar
A
Artur Żmijewski
S
Stepan Starchikov
P
Piotr Wawrzyńczak
Key crew
Director
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Screenplay
Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Pavel Finn , Aleksandr Bondarev
Producers
Aleksandr Mikhaylov
Cinematography
Mikhail Agranovich
Editor
Valentina Ignatova
Production design
Magdalena Dipont , Tatyana Chapaeva , Boris Blank , Vladimir Posternak

Full cast

19 cast members

Crew by department

13 crew members

Writing

Aleksandr Bondarev
Screenplay
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Screenplay
Pavel Finn
Screenplay

Editing

Valentina Ignatova
Editor