The Constant Factor

The Constant Factor
Directed byKrzysztof Zanussi
Written byKrzysztof Zanussi
StarringTadeusz Bradecki
CinematographySławomir Idziak
Music byWojciech Kilar
Distributed byNew Yorker Films (US)
Release dates
  • May 1980 (1980-05) (premiere at Cannes)
  • 9 March 1983 (1983-03-09) (US, limited)
Running time
92 min.
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

The Constant Factor (Polish: Constans) is a 1980 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It tells the story of a young man struggling to face the death of his mother and harbouring a desire to climb the Himalayas as his father had done.

The film won the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.