A Woman's Decision

A Woman's Decision (Polish: Bilans kwartalny, also known as The Quarterly Balance) is a 1975 Polish drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the OCIC Award.

Cast

• Maja Komorowska as Marta
• Piotr Fronczewski as Jan
• Marek Piwowski as Jacek
• Zofia Mrozowska as Jan's Mother
• Halina Mikolajska as Roza
• Mariusz Dmochowski as Director
• Barbara Wrzesinska as Ewa
• Chip Taylor as James
• Eugenia Herman as Zofia
• Elzbieta Karkoszka as Maria
• Celina Mencner as Halina
• Krzysztof Machowski as Rower
• Malgorzata Pritulak as Anna
• Danuta Rinn as Marta's Colleague
• Kazimiera Utrata as Marta's Colleague
• Stefan Szmidt as Rescuer
• Dariusz Adamczuk
• Marian Friedmann
• Józef Fryzlewicz as Assistant Manager
• Antonina Girycz as Marta's Colleague
• Zbigniew Jankowski
• Krystyna Kolodziejczyk as Secretary
• Marcin Mroszczak
• Leszek Mystkowski
• Irena Oberska
• Joanna Poraska
• William Powers as Jacek's Colleague
• Alina Rostkowska
• Jan Sieradzinski
• Tadeusz Somogi as Manager
• Andrzej Szenajch as Jacek's Colleague
• Józef Wieczorek

Critical reception

Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, and wrote "Here's a film that has so much to say about one particular woman, and says it so eloquently, that nobody since Bergman has seen a woman character more clearly. The film is "A Woman's Decision," by Krzysztof Zanussi, who was already Poland's best director and now graduates to grandmaster class."

External links

• A Woman's Decision at IMDb
• Balance at Rotten Tomatoes