Poland's most chaotic counterfeiter gets pulled from prison to save a diplomat. What could go wrong?
Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.
Acting
Adamczyk and Dziędziel's prisoner-handler chemistry carries everything.
Production
Gritty Warsaw locations elevate the bargain-bin premise.
Writing
UN bureaucracy as comic villain actually lands.
Director
Jan Hryniak
Piotr Adamczyk
Marek Kowalewski
Marian Dziędziel
Mietek 'Profesor'
Andrzej Chyra
major Bukowski
Jerzy Trela
Bąk, wiceminister MSWiA
Karolina Gruszka
Elżbieta, dziewczyna Marka
Agnieszka Warchulska
dziennikarka Jowita
Robert Więckiewicz
agent Karol Sieradzki
Łukasz Simlat
Robert Kotecki, współpracownik Kowalewskiego
Bartłomiej Topa
"Szuler"
Eryk Lubos
"Kosa"
Grażyna Szapołowska
ekspertka Markiewiczowa
Jacek Rozenek
Waldemar Konar
Ewa Dałkowska
Sikorska
Adam Molak
kurier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polish cinema's 2010s crime wave often satirized post-communist institutional rot—this one's lighter than most.
Piotr Adamczyk was already Poland's biggest TV star; this film capitalized on his 'lovable scoundrel' image.
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