When Angels Fall

Gdy spadają anioły

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.

Screenplay

Roman Polanski

Director

Roman Polanski

Music

Krzysztof Komeda

Status

Released

Release date

14/10/1959

Original language

Polish