The Constant Factor

The Constant Factor
Directed by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Written by	Krzysztof Zanussi
Starring	Tadeusz Bradecki
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak
Distributed by	New Yorker Films (USA)
Release dates	May 1980 (premiere at Cannes) 9 March 1983 (USA, limited)
Running time	92 min.
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

For the algorithmic performance concept 'constant factor', see Big O notation.

The Constant Factor (Polish: Constans) is a 1980 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It tells the story of a young man struggling to face the death of his mother and harbouring a desire to climb the Himalayas as his father had done.

The film won the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

Tadeusz Bradecki - Witold
Zofia Mrozowska - Witold's Mother
Malgorzata Zajaczkowska - Grazyna
Cezary Morawski - Stefan
Witold Pyrkosz - Mariusz
Ewa Lejczak - Stefan's Wife
Jan Jurewicz - Zenek
Juliusz Machulski - Wladek
Marek Litewka - Wlodzimierz
Jacek Strzemzalski - Mate
Edward Zebrowski - Scientist

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Constant Factor". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

External links

The Constant Factor at the Internet Movie Database
The Constant Factor at AllMovie

Films directed by Krzysztof Zanussi

Family Life (1971) The Illumination (1973) A Woman's Decision (1975) Camouflage (1977) Spiral (1978) The Constant Factor (1980) Imperative (1982) A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) Power of Evil (1985) Inventory (1989) At Full Gallop (1996) Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) The Supplement (2002) Black Sun (2007)

Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize

1940s 1950s	The Battle of the Rails (1946) All About Eve (1951) We Are All Murderers (1952) Knave of Hearts (1954) Lost Continent (1955) The Mystery of Picasso (1956) Kanał (1957) The Seventh Seal (1957) Mon Oncle (1958) Stars (1959)

1960s	L'Avventura (1960) Odd Obsession (1960) Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) L'Eclisse (1962) Harakiri (1963) The Cassandra Cat (1963) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Kwaidan (1965) Alfie (1966) Z (1969)

1970s 1980s	The Falcons (1970) The Strawberry Statement (1970) Love (1971) Joe Hill (1971) Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) The Invitation (1973) The Constant Factor (1980) Kharij (1983) Colonel Redl (1985) Thérèse (1986) Yeelen (1987) Shinran: Path to Purity (1987) A Short Film About Killing (1988) Jesus of Montreal (1989)

1990s	Hidden Agenda (1990) Europa (1991) Out of Life (1991) Dream of Light (1992) An Independent Life (1992) The Puppetmaster (1993) Raining Stones (1993) La Reine Margot (1994) Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1995) Carrington (1995) Crash (1996) Western (1997) Class Trip (1998) Festen (1998) The Letter (1999)

2000s	Blackboards (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) Divine Intervention (2002) At Five in the Afternoon (2003) Tropical Malady (2004) Shanghai Dreams (2005) Red Road (2006) Persepolis (2007) Silent Light (2007) Il Divo (2008) Thirst (2009) Fish Tank (2009)

2010s	A Screaming Man (2010) Polisse (2011) The Angels' Share (2012) Like Father, Like Son (2013) Mommy (2014) Goodbye to Language (2014) The Lobster (2015)

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