'' Interrogation '' ( ) is a 1982 Polish film about false imprisonment under the Stalinist pro-Soviet Polish regime in the early 1950s . An ordinary , apolitical woman refuses to cooperate with the abusive system and its officials , who are trying to force her to incriminate a former incidental lover , now an accused political prisoner . It was directed by Ryszard Bugajski . Due to its anti-communist themes , the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years , until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day . The film had its first theatrical release in December 1989 in Poland and was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival , where Krystyna Janda won the award for Best Actress and the film itself was nominated for the Palme d'Or
1990 Cannes Film Festival
1990 Cannes Film Festival
Interrogation (1982 film)