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
Cezary Pazura
Jerzy Kiler
Małgorzata Kożuchowska
Ewa Szańska
Jerzy Stuhr
Commissioner Ryba
Janusz Rewiński
Stefan 'Siara' Siarzewski
Katarzyna Figura
Gabriela 'Rysia' Siarzewska
Jan Englert
Ferdynand Lipski
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
Wąski
Marek Kondrat
Mieczysław Klonisz
Jan Machulski
Chief Inspector
Sławomir Sulej
Kudłaty
Piotr Wawrzyńczak
Iks
Sławomir Orzechowski
The Real Kiler
Szymon Majewski
Mioduch
Paweł Deląg
Jarosław
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.
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