Like a Drug

1999•2h 15m•4.7/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.7/10(3)

18-year-old Anna finds out she's terminally ill and has only a few years left. Fragile girl changes her mindset, starts living out the remaining time as intensively as possible and marries Piotr, a student whom she just met in sanatorium.

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Production

Akson Studio, Telewizja Polska

Language

PL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Magdalena Cielecka

Magdalena Cielecka

Anna Piwowska

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Anna's mother

Andrzej Wichrowski

Andrzej Wichrowski

Anna's father

Igor Przegrodzki

Igor Przegrodzki

Profesor Zimorowicz

Jerry Flynn

Dr. Keeve Gordon

Krzysztof Globisz

Krzysztof Globisz

Priest Stefan

Bartosz Opania

Bartosz Opania

Piotr Pawlowski / Jurek

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Mariusz Bonaszewski

Andrzej

Cezary Morawski

Cezary Morawski

Docent

Andrzej Grabowski

Andrzej Grabowski

Uncle in London

Małgorzata Rożniatowska

Małgorzata Rożniatowska

Orderly

Jarosława Michalewska

Nurse (as Slawa Michalewska)

Dorota Kiełkowicz

Dorota Kiełkowicz

Piotr's sister

Iwona Bielska

Iwona Bielska

Aunt in London

Ola Tokarska

White Girl

Elżbieta Dębska

Elżbieta Dębska

Katarzyna Łukaszyńska

Katarzyna Łukaszyńska

Magdalena Kacprzak

Student Agnieszka Wróbel (uncredited)

Monika Jarosińska

Monika Jarosińska

Waitress (uncredited)

Patrycja Szczepanowska

Girl (uncredited)

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