
Needful Things(1993)
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.


“She's a machine.”
Anthropology professor Michal develops two overwhelming obsessions. The first one is a mummified, 3,000 year-old, perfectly preserved body of a shaman he and his colleagues have recently dragged out of a swamp. The second is an enigmatic student he meets by chance at a railway station.

Bogusław Linda
Michał

Iwona Petry
Włoszka

Piotr Machalica
Anna's Father

Paweł Burczyk
Marcin

Stanisław Jaskułka
Lecturer of AGH

Agnieszka Wagner
Anna

Paweł Deląg
Jules

Piotr Zelt
Michal's Friend

Sebastian Konrad
Michal's Friend
Joanna Benda
Michal's Collaborator
Szamanka is a drama, horror film released in 1996. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski, it stars Bogusław Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica. Anthropology professor Michal develops two overwhelming obsessions. The first one is a mummified, 3,000 year-old, perfectly preserved body of a shaman he and his colleagues have recently dragged out of a swamp. The second is an enigmatic student he meets by chance at a railway station.
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