Case Unknown (2009): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2009, Case Unknown is a thriller film directed by Feliks Falk, running about 100 minutes.

What it’s about. An arrogant medical man discovers there's more to his new patient than he imagined in this drama from Polish filmmaker Feliks Falk. Dr. Konstanty Grot (Borys Szyc) is an ambitious young doctor who is determined to make a name for himself, to the point that his wife often accuses him of being more interested in his career than in her. Grot believes that he can earn the respect of his peers by successfully treating a supposedly incurable patient, and he believes he may have found a likely candidate in Pawel Plocki (Grzegorz Wolf), a mental patient who can barely function. Grot signs Plocki out of the mental hospital where he's been treated for years and moves him into his own home; in time, Plocki shows genuine improvement, and Grot thinks he?s beaten the state medical establishment at their own game. But that?s before Grot learns some secrets about his patient that cast his condition in a new and disturbing light.

Who’s in it. Case Unknown stars Borys Szyc as Dr. Konstanty Grot, Grzegorz Wolf as Pawel Plocki, Magdalena Walach as Renata and Grzegorz Kwiecień as Robert, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.5/10, Case Unknown has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Case Unknown page.

If you liked it. Fans of Case Unknown tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Parasite and Fight Club.