Two friends recall the PRL. After serving time in jail, they took up an illegal currency exchange. Cheated by partner - they decide to take revenge. Preparations take many months, but the action ends differently than it was planned.
Acting
Nowicki and Pazura's volatile, lived-in chemistry.
Direction
Lubaszenko's confident debut, blending farce and fatalism.
Production
Gritty Warsaw locations that breathe authentic '90s desperation.
Director
Olaf Lubaszenko
Jan Nowicki
Eryk
Cezary Pazura
Kazik 'Synek' Czarnecki
Ewa Gawryluk
Beata
Krzysztof Zaleski
'Grucha'
Leon Niemczyk
Josef
Henryk Bista
Prosecutor
Dariusz Kordek
Grucha's Partner
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Edward 'Markiz'
Janusz Józefowicz
Adaś
Janusz Stokłosa
Musician
Grzegorz Skrzecz
Cook
Przemysław Saleta
Player in the Casino
Monika Ambroziak
Girl Dancing with Adaś
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Sztos' is Polish slang for 'the real deal' or 'authentic stuff' — ironic given the film's counterfeit currency plot and the moral fakery of its characters.
Olaf Lubaszenko was only 26 when he directed this, fresh from acting in Kieslowski's 'White' — quite the career pivot from arthouse to crime comedy.
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