Fatalista_
Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Lieutenant Pechorin listens doubtfully to his colleague's arguments. Accompanied by a premonition, Wulicz will die soon. Will his premonitions prove to be prophetic?
Starring
Gustaw Holoubek, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Leonard Andrzejewski
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Year context
Fatalista was released 58 years ago in 1968.
Overview
Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that...
Fatalista is a Drama, TV Movie film with a runtime of 0h 25m.
CAST (18)
Gustaw Holoubek
Lieutenant Wulicz
Andrzej Hrydzewicz
Lieutenant Pieczorin
Leonard Andrzejewski
Officer
Adolf Chronicki
Killed Officer
Ryszard Filipski
Private Jaszka Pantelejew
Krzysztof Fus
Chechen Fighter
Wiktor Grotowicz
Major
RJ
Ryszard Jaśniewicz
Ferdynand Matysik
Officer
Romuald Michalewski
Andrzej Mrozek
Officer
JO
Janusz Ostrowski
Andrzej Polkowski
RS
Roman Sadowski
Tadeusz Skorulski
MS
Marian Skorupa
MW
Mieczysław Wiśniewski
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Officer (uncredited)
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What is Fatalista about?
Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Lieutenant Pechorin listens doubtfully to his colleague's arguments. Accompanied by a premonition, Wulicz will die soon. Will his premonitions prove to be prophetic?
How long is Fatalista?
Fatalista has a runtime of 25 minutes (0h 25m).
Who stars in Fatalista?
The cast of Fatalista includes Gustaw Holoubek, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Leonard Andrzejewski, Adolf Chronicki, Ryszard Filipski.
GENRES (2)
Drama
TV Movie