''When Angels Fall'', or ''Gdy spadają anioły'', is a
short film written and directed by
Roman Polański in
1959
Events January
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. The idea for the film was taken from a short story "Klozet Babcia" (aka "Toilet Granny"), written by
Leszek Szymański and published in the weekly "Kierunki" in
Warsaw
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,
Poland
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. The film was Polanski's first produced in
color
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.
The film, told mostly in
flashback, portrays a
washroom attendant
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who reminisces about her former life while daydreaming at her dreary job.
(Note:The Polanski film is unrelated to the 1985 stage play ''When Angels Fall'' by Michael Jones and Linda Renye.)
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1959 films
Films directed by Roman Polanski
Films with screenplays by Roman Polanski
Films scored by Krzysztof Komeda
Films based on short fiction
Polish short films
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