2021

2h 40m

6.8(72 votes)

Drama

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Thriller

Overview

In 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. The only witness of the beating becomes the number one enemy of the state.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Tomasz Ziętek

Jurek Popiel

Sandra Korzeniak

Barbara Sadowska

Jacek Braciak

Tadeusz Popiel

Agnieszka Grochowska

Grażyna Popiel

Robert Więckiewicz

Czesław Kiszczak

Tomasz Kot

Kowalczyk

Aleksandra Konieczna

Wiesława Bardon

Adam Bobik

Jerzy Popiełuszko

Bartłomiej Topa

Zbigniew Łyko

Andrzej Chyra

Mirosław Milewski

Creative team

Directed by: Jan P. Matuszyński
Written by: Kaja Krawczyk-Wnuk
Produced by: Leszek Bodzak
Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham

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