Mammals (1962)

  • NR
  • 12/31/1962 (FR)
  • Comedy
  • 10m

Overview

"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?

Roman Polanski

Director, Writer

Andrzej Kondratiuk

Writer

Cast

Henryk Kluba's headshot

Henryk Kluba

Man in the snow
Michał Żołnierkiewicz's headshot

Michał Żołnierkiewicz

Man in the snow
Voytek Frykowski's headshot

Voytek Frykowski

Man in the snow (uncredited)

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