---
title: 'Szamanka (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Żuławski'
released: '1996-05-10'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/szamanka-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Szamanka (1996)

1996 · 112 min · Drama · France, Switzerland, Poland


## Synopsis

Szamanka is a 1996 erotic drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and adapted from a screenplay by Manuela Gretkowska. The film, which was controversial upon its release in Poland, follows the obsessive relationship between an anthropology professor and a strange young woman only known as the "Italian". The title is the feminine form of the word "shaman" in Polish.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Żuławski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-zu-awski)
- **Screenplay:** [Manuela Gretkowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuela-gretkowska)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-j-jaroszewicz)
- **Editor:** [Wanda Zeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/wanda-zeman)

## Cast

- [Tomasz Preniasz-Struś](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomasz-preniasz-strus) as pracownik firmy ojca „Włoszki”
- [Iwona Petry](https://cinepixo.com/people/iwona-petry) as „Włoszka”
- [Wojciech Kowman](https://cinepixo.com/people/wojciech-kowman) as Waldek, chłopak zakochany we „Włoszce”
- [Piotr Zelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-zelt)
- [Piotr Machalica](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-machalica) as ojciec Anny
- [Ewa Serwa](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-serwa)
- [Bartosz Żukowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/bartosz-zukowski)
- [Małgorzata Werner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ma-gorzata-werner)
- [Grzegorz Emanuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/grzegorz-emanuel)
- [Mirosław Jękot](https://cinepixo.com/people/miros-aw-jekot)
- [Bogusław Linda](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogus-aw-linda) as Michał
- [Sybilla Rostek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sybilla-rostek)
- [Piotr Wawrzyńczak](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-wawrzynczak) as brat Michała
- [Aleksandra Nieśpielak](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandra-niespielak)
- [Zbigniew Suszyński](https://cinepixo.com/people/zbigniew-suszynski) as mężczyzna na przyjęciu

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/szamanka-1996
Film facts: Wikidata (Q576475); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.