Retrieval
Retrieval

Retrieval

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2006
1h 43m
5.6(12 votes)
Drama

Overview

19 year old Wojtek lives in a poverty stricken Polish town. He is in love with an older woman, an illegal emigrant from Ukraine. He boxes in illegal matches to get money and is spotted by a man running a security business. Accepting this man's offer means becoming a gangster, but this could allow him to a residence permit for his girlfriend Katya.

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Production Companies

Canal+ Polska
Opus Film
Telewizja Polska

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

38 members
Acting

Antoni Pawlicki

Wojtek

Antoni Pawlicki
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Наталия Вдовина

Katia

Наталия Вдовина
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Jacek Braciak

Dariusz Gazda

Jacek Braciak
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Dimitri Melnichuk

Andrij

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Wojciech Zieliński

Kalafior

Wojciech Zieliński
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Jerzy Trela

Grandpa

Jerzy Trela
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Dorota Pomykała

Mother

Dorota Pomykała
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Jowita Budnik

Gazda's Wife (as Jowita Miondlikowska)

Jowita Budnik
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Jan Pyrlik

Gazda's Son

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Karolina Tokarek

Gazda's Daughter

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Marek Bielecki

Badylarz

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Danuta Widuch-Jagielska

Badylarz's Wife

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Katarzyna Lecznar

Badylarz's Daughter

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Andrzej Mastalerz

Elves Producer

Andrzej Mastalerz
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Marek Kasprzyk

Trainer

Marek Kasprzyk
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Maciej Wizner

Nowy

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Adam Baumann

Wlasciciel Kamienicy

Adam Baumann
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Malgorzata Gadecka

Old Woman's Daughter

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Pawel Szoltysek

Old Man

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Eryk Lubos

Sedzia

Eryk Lubos
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Olga Frycz

Teenager

Olga Frycz
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Lidia Mróz

Russian Girl

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Antoni Gryzik

Gruby

Antoni Gryzik
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Wiesław Kupczak

Slaughterhouse Man

Wiesław Kupczak
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Grzegorz Stelmaszewski

Janek

Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
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Tomasz Nowak

Janka's Colleague

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Marek Lipski

Foreman

Marek Lipski
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Andrzej Jakubas

Confectioner

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Liwiusz Falak

Drunk Guy

Liwiusz Falak
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Dorota Kiełkowicz

Striptease Dancer #1

Dorota Kiełkowicz
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Julia Lysakowska

Striptease Dancer #2

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Daniel Furmaniak

Krecik

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Kacper Gaduła-Zawratyński

Boy #1

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Emil Wagner

Boy #2

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Tomasz Kazmierczak

Boy #3

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Piotr Kraszewski

Boy #4

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Kamil Bogucki

Boy #5

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Michał Filipiak

"Baton"

Michał Filipiak

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