STREET GAMES [1996]
year:
- 1996
release date:
- 24 V 1996
runtime:
- 100 min
directed by:
- Krzysztof Krauze
written by:
- Krzysztof Krauze, Jerzy Morawski
director of photography:
- Łukasz Kośmicki
cast:
- Redbad Klijnstra [Janek Rosa], Robert Gonera [Witek, a cameraman], Grażyna Wolszczak [Maria], Andrzej Precigs [senator Makowski], Waldemar Szczepaniak [Andrzej, a TV manager], Justyna Kulczycka [Anna, wife of Tadeusz, a friend of Pyjas], Tomasz Mędzik [Tadeusz, a friend of Pyjas], Aleksander Fabisiak [Pasieka, a bank president and a former officer of the Secret Service], Jan Güntner [a lawyer], Marian Dziędziel [Kuna, a former officer of the Secret Service], Stanisław Banaś [Koral, a former officer of the Secret Service], Krzysztof Jędrysek [the director of a security company and a Semtex dealer], Krystyna Rutkowska-Ulewicz [Mrs. Lepik], Zbigniew Kosowski [Nadany], Eugenia Horecka [mother of Pyjas]
edited by:
- Ewa Romanowska-Różewicz
music by:
- Maciej Zieliński
production design:
- Magdalena Dipont, Roman Tarwacki
produced by:
- Telewizja Polska
producer:
- Dariusz Jabłoński
awards:
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- Polish Film Festival Gdynia 1996: Special Jury Prize, best photography award, best editing award
- Machiner 1996
- Tarnów Film Award 1996: the Bronze Leliwita Statuette for Krzysztof Krauze, the Audience Award
About the film
Authentic events from twenty years ago are combined with crime themes, resulting in a work of political fiction, a rarity in Polish cinema.
Journalist Jacek Rosa and cameraman Witek work as reporters for a private TV station. They are interested in sensational and risky subjects and are working on a case involving a gang selling explosives. From a video they are given, they learn that Makowski, a well-known politician, used to be a security service agent going under the pseudonym of Ketman and that he was responsible for the death of Kraków student and anti-communist activist, Stanisław Pyjas. Makowski’s reaction to the allegations forces the reporters to take action, so they start reconstructing the story of Pyjas and his times.
The case gets more and more intriguing and unexpected links are found with the Semtex trade, but the fascinated reporters do not realise that they have entered the potentially dangerous world of big money and backroom political games.
Jan Słodowski, Leksykon polskich filmów fabularnych, Warszawa 1996
