Vabank
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| Vabank | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Juliusz Machulski |
| Written by | Juliusz Machulski |
| Starring | Jan Machulski Witold Pyrkosz Leonard Pietraszak Jacek Chmielnik Krzysztof Kiersznowski |
| Music by | Henryk Kuźniak |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
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Vabank is a Polish film from 1981; the first film directed by Juliusz Machulski and a popular criminal comedy, set in a certain city[1] in interwar Poland.[2]
The film received several awards and nominations, among them:
- Polish Film Festival 1981 - Best Debut Director
- Mystfest 1982 - Best Film
The film, sometimes referred to as Polish The Sting, tells the story of a conman, legendary Kwinto. He considered himself a honorary thief - but after being framed for bankrobbery by an accomplice, named Kramer, he was sentenced for six years. Further, upon leaving the jail he learns that that person murdered his musician friend - and is now a bank president. Kramer, always ruthless, hires an assassin to kill him. Kwinto, on the other hand, from the beginning sets his goal on getting even. Meanwhile, a pair of young conman hearing that famous Kwinto is free try to get him into their team. Kwinto, employing a retired pro and the two young admirers, plans to do one last job to get even with Kramer...
A sequel, Vabank II, was filmed in 1984.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The place where the film takes places is never defined in the movie. There are some suggestions that it may be Łódź or Warsaw; while this is mostly a trivia and not that important to the plot, we can note that the movie was filmed actually in Piotrków Trybunalski.
- ^ There are however several blunders; for example, one shot show a modern post-war buildings in the background.
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