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Retrieval
Genres
Drama
Overview
19 year old Wojtek lives in a poverty stricken Polish town. He is in love with an older woman, an illegal emigrant from Ukraine. He boxes in illegal matches to get money and is spotted by a man running a security business. Accepting this man's offer means becoming a gangster, but this could allow him to a residence permit for his girlfriend Katya.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
103 min
Release Date
2006-11-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Polish
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
5.9
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Antoni Pawlicki
Wojtek
Nataliya Vdovina
Katia
Jacek Braciak
Dariusz Gazda
Dimitri Melnichuk
Andrij
Wojciech Zieliński
Kalafior
Jerzy Trela
Grandpa
Dorota Pomykała
Mother
Jowita Budnik
Gazda's Wife (as Jowita Miondlikowska)
Jan Pyrlik
Gazda's Son
Karolina Tokarek
Gazda's Daughter
Marek Bielecki
Badylarz
Danuta Widuch-Jagielska
Badylarz's Wife
Katarzyna Lecznar
Badylarz's Daughter
Andrzej Mastalerz
Elves Producer
Marek Kasprzyk
Trainer
Maciej Wizner
Nowy
Adam Baumann
Wlasciciel Kamienicy
Malgorzata Gadecka
Old Woman's Daughter
Pawel Szoltysek
Old Man
Eryk Lubos
Sedzia
Olga Frycz
Teenager
Lidia Mróz
Russian Girl
Antoni Gryzik
Gruby
Wiesław Kupczak
Slaughterhouse Man
Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
Janek
Tomasz Nowak
Janka's Colleague
Marek Lipski
Foreman
Andrzej Jakubas
Confectioner
Liwiusz Falak
Drunk Guy
Dorota Kiełkowicz
Striptease Dancer #1
Julia Lysakowska
Striptease Dancer #2
Daniel Furmaniak
Krecik
Kacper Gaduła-Zawratyński
Boy #1
Emil Wagner
Boy #2
Tomasz Kazmierczak
Boy #3
Piotr Kraszewski
Boy #4
Kamil Bogucki
Boy #5
Michał Filipiak
"Baton"
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