The Weather Forecast (1983): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1983, The Weather Forecast is a drama film directed by Antoni Krauze, running about 86 minutes.

What it’s about. The setting is an old age home run by an aging director with an authoritarian hand. In the evening many of the residents huddle in a living room, penetrated by the October cold, to listen to the news. The announcement is giving the number of expected deaths due too the coming harsh winter. In the middle of the night a truckload of coffins arrives to be stored. Dicovering the coffins the elderly assume they are marked for liquidation and they flee en masse. The next day their exodus is dicovered and the director calls the authorities. It turned out that the coffins were the overproduction from a coffin factory and were brought only for temporary storage. The panic search for the pensioners begins, including helicopters. In the meantime the group gets transported to another part of the country by a truck. They take over by a near-empty restaurant, where after mistreatment by a waiter, they tie him up and move on. A lone fisherman invites them into his house where, after initial ...

Who’s in it. The Weather Forecast stars Halina Buyno-Loza, Zofia Cegielkowa, Barbara Chojecka and Eugenia Horecka, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, The Weather Forecast has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Weather Forecast page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Weather Forecast tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.