Success Is the Best Revenge

Alex Rodak (Michael York) is a Polish director in exile in London with his family, which includes an older teenage son Adam (Michael Lyndon) who is struggling with an identity crisis, his wife (Joanna Szerzerbic), and another son. Rodak is in the throes of putting together a major show about Poland and the politics of exile at a West End theater. His single-minded determination to succeed causes him to take advantage of others, and because of his need for backing, he turns to a low-life businessman (John Hurt) to bail him out. His wife is anything but happy about his behavior and dislikes this last decision even more. This is an interesting study of how a father and son become alienated in a conflict between cultural identity and its exploitation.

Full Cast of Success Is the Best Revenge

Michael York as Alex Rodak

Michael York

Alex Rodak

Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English actor. After performing on-stage with the...

John Hurt as Dino Montecurva

John Hurt

Dino Montecurva

Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five...

Michal Skolimowski

Adam Rodak

Józef Skolimowski

Tony Rodak

Hilary Drake

Stage Manager

Bill Monks

First grip

Crew of Success Is the Best Revenge

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