The Gorgon Case (1977, Poland)
Original title: Sprawa Gorgonowej
courtroom dramasfamily secretsmurder plotpolice investigationtrue crime stories
Running time: 135 minutes
Language: Polish
In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of a wealthy architect, Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives in the morning and starts the investigation. They found footsteps in the snow, they found the murder weapon in the pond behind the house and finally, they found an eyewitness. None of the evidence was strong, especially the testimony of the young brother of the victim, but the inspector in charge begins to suspect Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also the lover of Zaremba. She becomes the main suspect based only on the words of the boy, who saw a shadowy figure moving through the living room in the middle of the night in almost complete darkness.
Film based on real events - investigation and court trials of the most famous pre-war Polish murder case. Despite being historically accurate, the movie is both involving and entertaining since the case was simple on the surface, but very complicated in details. With each piece of evidence, the story seems to push towards the guilty verdict, but at the same time, none of the evidence is conclusive.
Do you like unsolved mysteries?
Our rating |
6.8 / 10 |
Movie value |
7 / 10 |
Realism factor |
4 / 5 |
Adventure factor |
2 / 5 |
Story complexity |
4 / 5 |
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Cast of The Gorgon Case
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as Rita Gorgonova | |
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as Henryk Zaremba | |
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as Maurycy Axer | |
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as Krynicki | |
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as Kulczycki | |
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as Inspector Piatkiewicz | |
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as Czaykowski |
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