Retrieval (2006)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 1.913 |
Directed By
Sławomir Fabicki
Crew
Sławomir Fabicki
Sławomir Fabicki
Denijal Hasanović
Marek Pruchniewski
Danuta Malipan
Ewa Puszczyńska
Łukasz Dzięcioł
Piotr Dzięcioł
Jarosław Kamiński
Wojciech Żogała
Sławomir Witczak
Aneta Flis
Anna Kieszczyńska
Katarzyna Lesniak
Marcin Adamczewski
Marek Baczyk
Jacek Gawryszczak
Tadeusz Motylewski
Anna Pachnicka
Jerzy Braszka
Denijal Hasanović
Marek Bomba
Paulina Połom
Sylwester Wlodarczyk
Paweł Żyłka
Sławomir Ciołkowski
Piotr Knop
Joanna Napieralska
Robert Sędzicki
Daniel Sikorski
Krzysztof Wismont
Michał Żarnecki
Sławomir Maślanka
Robert Brzeziński
Tomasz Krzemieniecki
Jakub Bednarek
Marcin Bednarek
Jaroslaw Bedyk
Andrzej Biskupski
Michal Hermanowski
Andrzej Jop
Monika Woźniak
Jacek Wróblewicz
Adam Guziński
Michal Marzec
Jaroslaw Sokolów
Iwona Wrońska
Iwona Pijanowska
Marek Ruszkowski
Kasia Malipan
Bogumił Godfrejów
TOP CAST
Antoni Pawlicki
Wojtek
Nataliya Vdovina
Katia
Jacek Braciak
Dariusz Gazda
Dimitri Melnichuk
Andrij
Wojciech Zieliński
Kalafior
Jerzy Trela
Grandpa
Dorota Pomykała
Mother
Jowita Budnik
Gazda's Wife (as Jowita Miondlikowska)
Jan Pyrlik
Gazda's Son
Karolina Tokarek
Gazda's Daughter
Marek Bielecki
Badylarz
Danuta Widuch-Jagielska
Badylarz's Wife
Katarzyna Lecznar
Badylarz's Daughter
Andrzej Mastalerz
Elves Producer
Marek Kasprzyk
Trainer
Maciej Wizner
Nowy
Adam Baumann
Wlasciciel Kamienicy
Malgorzata Gadecka
Old Woman's Daughter
Pawel Szoltysek
Old Man
Eryk Lubos
Sedzia
Olga Frycz
Teenager
Lidia Mróz
Russian Girl
Antoni Gryzik
Gruby
Wiesław Kupczak
Slaughterhouse Man
Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
Janek
Tomasz Nowak
Janka's Colleague
Marek Lipski
Foreman
Andrzej Jakubas
Confectioner
Liwiusz Falak
Drunk Guy
Dorota Kiełkowicz
Striptease Dancer #1
Julia Lysakowska
Striptease Dancer #2
Daniel Furmaniak
Krecik
Kacper Gaduła-Zawratyński
Boy #1
Emil Wagner
Boy #2
Tomasz Kazmierczak
Boy #3
Piotr Kraszewski
Boy #4
Kamil Bogucki
Boy #5
Michał Filipiak
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