
Maria's Lovers(1984)
A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.


A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.

Jerzy Bińczycki
Rafał Wilczur / Antoni Kosiba

Anna Dymna
Maria Jolanta Wilczur / Beata Wilczur

Tomasz Stockinger
Count Leszek Czyński

Bernard Ładysz
Miller Prokop

Artur Barciś
Wasylko

Andrzej Kopiczyński
Doctor Pawlicki

Piotr Grabowski
Zenek

Bożena Dykiel
Sonia

Maria Homerska
Czyńska

Igor Śmiałowski
Czyński
The Quack is a drama, romance film released in 1982. Directed by Jerzy Hoffman, it stars Jerzy Bińczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger. A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
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