The Smaller Sky
1981, Polish. Directed by Janusz Morgenstern.
A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to leave despite visits by a psychiatrist and his own son. He watches people daily at the station. A tv reporter is trying to come up with a story which would help him to save his job. He likes to chase women and the dropout's wife is one of his targets. He gets interested in the story of her husband and tries to make a program about mysterious individual. Once the tv crew arrives to the scene, the subject tries to hide and ends up on the roof of the station, where he catches a glimpse of sunshine - the "smaller sky" - before stepping onto a glass roof and falling to his death.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Polish
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Cast & crew
- Janusz MorgensternDirector
- Roman WilhelmiArtur Gutner
- Jan EnglertMarek Weber, journalist
- Beata TyszkiewiczElżbieta, Artur's wife
- Władysław KowalskiFilip Szmidt
- Janusz ZaorskiDr. Barcz
- Tomasz JarosińskiDaniel
- Jadwiga PolanowskaFilip's Wife
- Monika StefanowiczMonika
- Mieczysław VerocsyCamera Operator
- Jacek LomnickiCamera Operator
- Walentyna JędrychHelena
- Jan ProchyraKarol
Details
- Released
- 21 September 1981
- Original title
- Mniejsze niebo
- Country
- Poland
- Written by
- John Wain, Janusz Morgenstern
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The Smaller Sky runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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The Smaller Sky isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 September 1981. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Smaller Sky?
The Smaller Sky (1981) was directed by Janusz Morgenstern and stars Roman Wilhelmi, Jan Englert, Beata Tyszkiewicz.