Jack Strong (film)
| Jack Strong | |
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| Directed by | Władysław Pasikowski |
| Screenplay by | Władysław Pasikowski |
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| Cinematography | Magdalena Górka |
Production company |
Scorpio Studio |
| Distributed by | ITI Cinema |
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| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish, English, Russian |
| Budget | $3,95 million |
Jack Strong is a 2014 Polish political thriller film directed by Władysław Pasikowski, starring Marcin Dorociński, Maja Ostaszewska, Dagmara Dominczyk and Patrick Wilson. The film is based on the true story of Ryszard Kukliński, a Polish Army colonel who spied for the American Central Intelligence Agency during the height of the Cold War. The title of the film, Jack Strong, was Kukliński's secret agent pseudonym.
Production
Preparations took five years. Filmmakers used help from David Forden - ops officer of CIA who was the supervisor of Ryszard Kukliński.
Photography started in January 2013. The film was shot in General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Warsaw, Gdańsk, Legnica, Washington D.C. and Moscow.
The film was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.
Jack Strong, produced by Scorpio Studio,received 11 nominations in Polish Eagles.[1]
Cast
- Marcin Dorociński as Ryszard Kukliński
- Maja Ostaszewska as Hania Kuklińska, Ryszard's wife
- Piotr Nerlewski as Bogdan Kukliński, son of Hanna and Ryszard
- Józef Pawłowski as Waldemar Kukliński, son of Hanna and Ryszard
- Patrick Wilson as David W. Forden, CIA Operations Officer
- Dagmara Domińczyk as Sue, CIA Operative
- Oleg Maslennikov as Viktor Kulikov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Ilja Zmiejew as general Szernienko
- Mirosław Baka as major Putek
- Krzysztof Globisz as General Florian Siwicki, Polish People's Army
- Paweł Małaszyński as Dariusz Ostaszewski
- Dimitri Bilov as Sasha Ivanov
- Krzysztof Pieczyński as Zbigniew Brzeziński, United States National Security Advisor
- Paweł Iwanicki as Walczak
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as colonel Gendera
- Ireneusz Czop as Marian Rakowiecki
- Piotr Grabowski as agent of counterintelligence
- Krzysztof Dracz as General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish People's Army
- Eduard Bezrodniy as Oleg Penkovsky
- Antoni Barłowski as Kowalik