The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993)
Overview
Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 2.979 |
Directed By
Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Crew
Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Ryszard Lenczewski
Teresa Miziolek
Malgorzata Ajzelt
Bogdan Sölle
Albina Barańska
Barbara Śródka-Makówka
Waldemar Król
Halina Nawrocka
TOP CAST
Bronisław Pekosiński
Bronisław Pekosiński
Maria Klejdysz
pani Bukowska
Anna Seniuk
koleżanka Danusia
Franciszek Trzeciak
sekretarz Jan Kos
Bronisław Pawlik
sędzia
Franciszek Pieczka
ksiądz Michalski
Krzysztof Chamiec
generał Bagno
Anna Milewska
siostra
Romuald Karaś
on sam, dziennikarz słuchający opowieści Pekosińskiego
Henryk Sobiechart
syn Bukowskiej
Jolanta Rychłowska
koleżanka Stasia
Aleksander Fogiel
profesor
Zygmunt Malanowicz
kościelny
Witold Pyrkosz
sekretarz
Waldemar Prokopowicz
asystent sekretarza Kosa
Tomasz Zaliwski
ojciec przełożony
Włodzimierz Adamski
organizator turnieju szachowego
Jan Prochyra
dyrektor PGR-u
Stanisław Brudny
nauczyciel
Elżbieta Starostecka
pani Wanda
Bogusz Bilewski
pracownik PGR-u
Tadeusz Falana
zakonnik
Anna Grzeszczak
Matka Boska
Jacek Kopczyński
mąż Miriam
Ryszard Kotys
Rysio, milicjant - szachista
Mariola Fotez
prostytutka
Barbara Lauks
spikerka tv
Andrzej Lipiński
kolega Kosa
Andrzej Mastalerz
syn Rysia
Anna Grażyna Suchocka
[obsada aktorska]
Małgorzata Wachecka
dziennikarka
Wojciech Walasik
szachista
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