80 Million

80 milionów, 2011, 102 min.

80 Million (2011)

Awards

2011
Gdynia Film Festival
Audience Award

Production

Director Waldemar Krzystek
Screenplay Krzysztof Kopka, Waldemar Krzystek
Cinematography Piotr Sliskowski
Music Zbigniew Karnecki
Art Director Marek Warszewski
Producers Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marcin Kurek

Cast

Stanislaw Huskowski Wojciech Solarz
Jozef Pinior Krzysztof Czeczot
Piotr Bednarz Maciej Makowski
Security Service Captain Piotr Glowacki
Anka, Stanislaw’s Wife Agnieszka Grochowska
Wladyslaw Frasyniuk Filip Bobek
Czerniak Sonia Bohosiewicz
Anka’s Father Krzysztof Globisz
Cardinal Adam Ferency

Story

Lower Silesia, the autumn of 1981. After a series of provocations by the Security Service, the confrontation of the opposition with the Communists seems to be inevitable. Shortly before the announcement of martial law, young activists of the Solidarity movement agree to play against all odds and organize a daring action of withdrawing 80 million of federal money from a bank in Wroclaw before the account is blocked. Security Service is on their heels. An exciting game begins, involving the clergy and moneychangers…