The Best Episodes of Theatre Macabre Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   5.0/10(59 votes)

   #1 - First Love

   S1:E110/1/1971

   Vladimir, the teenage son of a local rich man, falls madly in love with his new neighbor's daughter Zina competing for her affections along with a host of her other suitors.

   Director:Sylwester Chęciński

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Sylwester Chęciński

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   5.8/10(47 votes)

   #2 - The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg

   S1:E210/8/1971

   A stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone.

   Director:Jerzy Zarzycki

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Jerzy Zarzycki

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   6.0/10(41 votes)

   #3 - The Tortures of Hope

   S1:E310/15/1971

   A man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him?

   Directors:Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski

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   5.8/10(35 votes)

   #4 - Mateo Falcone

   S1:E410/22/1971

   A young Corsican boy defies local customs and dishonors his family when he turns in a bandit to police.

   Director:Jan Budkiewicz

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   6.0/10(43 votes)

   #5 - The Vampire

   S1:E510/29/1971

   Intertwines multiple stories, including a framing device about a young man named Runevsky, and explores themes of obsession, the supernatural, and the line between reality and imagination.

   Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

   Writer:Unknown

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   5.3/10(31 votes)

   #6 - The Swashbuckler

   S1:E611/5/1971

   A psychological character study revolving around Luchkov, an aggressive, manipulative former military officer who lives for duels and social domination.

   Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

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7. 

   4.9/10(31 votes)

   #7 - The Actress

   S1:E711/12/1971

   A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism.

   Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

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   6.3/10(34 votes)

   #8 - The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether

   S1:E811/19/1971

   A narrator visits a French mental asylum where the 'soothing system' of patient-led care has been overthrown by a new, more severe method, only for the narrator to discover the 'doctors' are actually the patients, and the 'keepers' are those locked away, tarred and feathered.

   Director:Janusz Majewski

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   5.5/10(27 votes)

   #9 - The Rajah's Diamond

   S1:E911/26/1971

   Follows the journey of a cursed, valuable diamond as it passes through the hands of various characters, revealing their greed, folly, and the dark allure of wealth. The narrative links these tales through the diamond's movement from London to Paris, exploring themes of crime, deception, and morality.

   Director:Sylwester Chęciński

   Writer:Unknown

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    4.5/10(28 votes)

    #10 - The Nose

    S1:E1012/3/1971

    A government official's nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own.

    Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

    Writer:Unknown

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    6.4/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Tell-Tale Hearts

    S1:E1112/10/1971

    A nameless man insists on his sanity while confessing to murdering an old man because of his 'vulture-like' eye.

    Director:Jan Laskowski

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12. 

    5.9/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Markheim

    S1:E1212/17/1971

    A man murders an antique dealer on Christmas Day to steal from him, only to be tormented by his own conscience, personified by a mysterious visitor who may be the Devil, forcing him to confront his evil and ultimately choose confession over further sin.

    Director:Janusz Majewski

    Writer:Unknown

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    5.1/10(25 votes)

    #13 - The Barrel Organ

    S1:E1312/24/1971

    Reclusive, cultured lawyer Mr Tomasz's solitary life is transformed by a blind orphan girl who moves in next door and her barrel organ, which he initially despises but comes to cherish as a source of joy and connection, ultimately leading him to help her.

    Director:Stanisław Jędryka

    Writer:Unknown

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14. 

    5.7/10(26 votes)

    #14 - The Canterville Ghost

    S1:E1412/31/1971

    A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.

    Directors:Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski

    Writer:Unknown

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15. 

    5.1/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Decameron

    S1:E151/7/1972

    From Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron No. 40.'

    Director:Jan Budkiewicz

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16. 

    5.9/10(23 votes)

    #16 - A Matter of Conscience

    S1:E161/14/1972

    From Ambrose Bierce's 'A Matter of Conscience.'

    Directors:Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski

    Writer:Unknown

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    5.0/10(22 votes)

    #17 - The Husband Under the Bed

    S1:E171/21/1972

    From Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.'

    Director:Stanisław Różewicz

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    5.6/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Pavoncello

    S1:E181/28/1972

    From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'

    Director:Andrzej Żuławski

    Writer:Stefan Żeromski

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    5.8/10(28 votes)

    #19 - The Song of Triumphant Love

    S1:E192/4/1972

    From Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.'

    Director:Andrzej Żuławski

    Writer:Unknown

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    5.3/10(22 votes)

    #20 - The Postmaster

    S1:E202/11/1972

    From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'

    Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

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21. 

    6.3/10(21 votes)

    #21 - A Terribly Strange Bed

    S1:E212/18/1972

    From William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.'

    Director:Witold Lesiewicz

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22. 

    5.6/10(19 votes)

    #22 - The Fatalist

    S1:E222/25/1972

    From Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.'

    Director:Stanisław Lenartowicz

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    6.0/10(21 votes)

    #23 - Resurrection of the Offland

    S1:E233/3/1972

    From Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'

    Director:Jerzy Zarzycki

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    4.1/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Boarded Window

    S1:E243/10/1972

    From Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.'

    Director:Janusz Majewski

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Janusz Majewski

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