The heist is over. The grudge is forever. Poland's slickest thief is back for round two.
A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager.
Direction
Machulski crafts tension like a safecracker listens to tumblers.
Production
Gorgeous 1930s Poland — every frame drips period swagger.
Acting
Pietraszak's Kramer: petulant, pathetic, perfectly hateable.
Director
Juliusz Machulski
Jan Machulski
Henryk Kwinto
Leonard Pietraszak
Gustaw Kramer
Bronisław Wrocławski
Edward Sztyc
Witold Pyrkosz
J.J. Duńczyk
Jacek Chmielnik
'Moks' / Jazzband Singer
Krzysztof Kiersznowski
'Struna'
Marek Walczewski
Twardijewicz
Ewa Szykulska
Marta Rychlińska
Józef Para
Commissioner Przygoda
Ryszard Kotys
Melski - współpracownik Kwinty
Zbigniew Geiger
Stawiski
Józef Jaworski
Tędlarz
Grzegorz Heromiński
asystent komisarza Przygody
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during martial law's lingering shadow, Polish audiences craved escapist elegance — this delivered 1930s glamour as rebellion.
The father-son director-star dynamic (Juliusz and Jan Machulski) mirrors Kwinto's own complicated legacy — art imitating family.
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