About this release
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski Polish director Andrzej Zulawski's award-winning debut feature is set in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. A young man, Michal (Leszek Teleszynski), escapes the massacre of his family, and his subsequent guilt and experiences are shown through multi-layered symbolism and apocalyptic imagery.
Disc 1
DVD
The Third Part of the Night (1972)
107 min
WarHorrorDrama
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.
Credits
Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Writer
Andrzej Żuławski
Mirosław Żuławski
Cast
Leszek Teleszyńskias Michał
Małgorzata Braunekas Marta
Jan Nowickias Jan
Jerzy Golińskias Michał's Father
Anna Milewskaas Sister Klara
Michał Grudzińskias Marian
Marek Walczewskias Rozenkranc
Hanna Stankównaas Lice Breeder
Alicja Jachiewiczas The Waitress
Leszek Długoszas Blind Man
Cinematographer
Witold Sobociński
Composer
Andrzej Korzyński
Editor
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 24, 2026