Polish-Russian War (film)
Polish-Russian War (Wojna polsko-ruska) is a 2009 Polish film directed by Xawery Żuławski based on the novel Polish-Russian War under the white-red flag by Dorota Masłowska.
Plot
The film's events take place over several days and they are set in the present time in a large
After an argument in a bar owned by "Left" (
"Strong" follows Magda. He turns up at the town festival, where she takes part in a miss competition. He cannot reach her, but instead he meets a volunteer Ala, a girl of his friend Casper, coming from a good family, with whom he spends the afternoon. In Ala's apartment he swallows a handful of painkillers, then, drugged, pees into the cage with parrots, steals worthless trinkets and escapes from the apartment in the woman's coat.
Incoherent, getting around in the city buses "Strong" is accidentally found by "Left". Then they terrorize a clerk in the night fast food bar, wheedling Coke and taking walkie-talkies. The fun with the stolen objects ends up with a fight and being transported to the police station. There, Dorothy Masłowska plays a person, who transcribes testimony of „Strong”. The whole film takes place in her mind and she is able to influence the course of events at will. After leaving the police station, stunned "Strong" hits his head against the wall and loses consciousness. Magda turns up at the hospital, but "Strong" dies. After death he goes to hell, which turns out to be a television studio in which he is the guest of the talk show, where viewers expect emotions and savory details.
Cast
- Borys Szyc as Andrew Robakowski ("Strong")
- Roma Gąsiorowska as Magda, the girl dating "Strong"
- Sonia Bohosiewicz as Natasha Blokus
- Maria Strzelecka as Angela
- Anna Prussia as Ala
- Bartłomiej Firlet as Kacper
- Michał Czerneckias "Left"
- Magdalena Czerwińska as Arleta, a colleague of Magda
- Ewa Kasprzyk as "Strong's" mother
- Ireneusz Kozioł as "Strong's" father
- Piotr "Vienio" Więcławski as a "Strong's" brother
- Dorota Masłowska as Dorothy Masłowska
- Xawery Żuławski
Production
The film was shot between May 6 and 18 June 2008 in locations of Warsaw, Wejherowo, Sopot and Gdynia outskirts. The film premiered on May 22, 2009.
The budget of Polish-Russian War amounted to approx. 4 million zlotys.
Soundtrack
The creators of the music for the film are Jan Komar, Filip Kuncewicz, Liroy, Mateusz Łapot and Jarosław Karczmarczyk.
The soundtrack also included the following songs:
- Scarlet by Closterkeller (music: Paweł Pieczyński, lyrics: Anna Najman)
- Blondynka by Focus (music and lyrics: Zbigniew Perkowski)
- Nóżki by Focus
- List do M by Dżem (music: Benedykt Otręba, lyrics: Ryszard Riedel, Dorota Zawiesienko)
- Soldat by 5'nizza (music and lyrics: Sergiej Babkin, Andriej Zaporożec)
- Martwię się by Molesta Ewenement, featuring Ero i Pablopavo
- Wariatka z miasta Wariatkowa by Liroy (muzyka: Mateusz Łapot, lyrics: Liroy)