Director
Maciej Dejczer
Composer
Michal Lorenc
Cast
Wojciech Klata, Rafal Zimowski, Kama Kowalewska
Edition 2000
105'
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1989
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Drama, Biography
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Dialogue:
Danish, Polish
The screenplay is based on the famed escape of brothers Zielinski from Poland to Sweden in 1985. Grzes, aged 12, and Jedrek, aged 15, stow away in the undercarriage of a truck train to flee poverty, but also to find freedom. Emaciated and starving, they reach the West. Harassed by the Polish consular authorities, they refuse to return to Poland. Christmas Eve is the first chance for them to talk to their parents in Poland over the telephone. Jedrek asks his mother if she wants them to stay in Denmark. His father takes over the phone and starts talking…
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Credits
Directors
Maciej Dejczer
Composers
Michal Lorenc
Cast
Wojciech Klata, Rafal Zimowski, Kama Kowalewska
Scenario
Maciej Dejczer, Cezary Harasimowicz
Director of Photography
Krzysztof Ptak
Editors
Jaroslaw Wolejko
Producers
Lise Lense-Møller
More info
Dialogue
Danish, Polish
Countries of production
Poland, Denmark, France
Year
1989
