An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs a "killer" for a few more jobs.
Acting
Cezary Pazura's deadpan panic is comedic perfection.
Writing
Script weaponizes Polish bureaucracy against itself brilliantly.
Direction
Machulski balances slapstick and genuine tension masterfully.

Director
Juliusz Machulski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This became Poland's highest-grossing film of the 1990s, spawning a sequel and cementing the 'Polish gangster comedy' subgenre that satirized post-communist criminal capitalism.
Jerzy Stuhr (Commissioner Ryba) was already a legendary Polish actor; his furious frustration opposite Pazura's blank confusion was deliberately cast against type.