This version is celebrated for its stellar cast and its ability to capture Witkacy's unique sense of irony and the absurd. Helmut Kajzar. Key Cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as Dyapanazy Nibek (the father). Danuta Szaflarska as the Ghost of Mother (Anastazja Nibek). Zofia Saretok as Zosia and Krystyna Miecikówna as Amelka. Format: Black and white television broadcast. Plot Overview
The story is set in a fictional Polish manor house where the owner, , lives with his two daughters.
The play ruthlessly mocks traditional psychological dramas about adultery, jealousy, and suicide by treating death and haunting with comedic indifference. Witkacy’s Artistic Philosophy w_malym_dworku_stanislaw_ignacy_witkiewicz_1969...
The play is a prime example of Witkacy’s , which aimed to provoke a "metaphysical shudder" in the audience by moving away from realism toward a more mystical and abstract theatrical experience.
To everyone’s surprise, the ghost of the mother actually appears and begins participating in the family's daily life as if it were perfectly normal. This version is celebrated for its stellar cast
(In a Small Country House) is a classic 1921 drama by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy) that serves as a grotesque parody of 19th-century realistic theater. The 1969 production typically refers to the Television Theater (Teatr Telewizji) adaptation directed by Helmut Kajzar , which brought Witkacy's absurdist "comedy with corpses" to a wider audience. Production Details (1969 Adaptation)
A year after his wife, Anastazja, died under mysterious circumstances, the daughters hold a spiritualist séance . Danuta Szaflarska as the Ghost of Mother (Anastazja Nibek)
It is famously subtitled a "comedy with corpses" because characters frequently die or return from the dead without the expected tragic weight.