Vabank

(Vabank)


1981   >   Historical comedy

Example of directorial bravado by Juliusz Machulski – director, script writer, actor and producer recipient of many Polish and international film festival awards.

Film from the top ten of best and most popular Polish comedies.

The most prominent Polish production about a bank robbery, with unforgettable roles it is more about sweet revenge executed with surgical precision and stunning elegance.

A cult and masterly executed comedy, staged in the criminal underworld, set in the Warsaw style of the 30’s. After leaving prison Kwinto decides to take revenge on his partner- Kramer, who profited immensely on Kwinto’s incarceration. Kwinto creates a team, that subsequently robs Kramer’s bank, leaving clues suggesting that the culprit is Kramer himself.


Crew:

director
Juliusz Machulski
script
Juliusz Machulski
d.o.p.
Jerzy Łukaszewicz
designer
Jerzy Skrzepiński
costumes
Ewa Gralak-Jurczak
editor
Mirosława Garlicka
music
Henryk Kuźniak
cast
Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak,
Witold Pyrkosz, Ewa Szykulska,
Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Awards:

Koszalin
Distinction- Koszalin Debut Film Festival The Young and Cinema
IFF, Karlovy Vary
Jury Diploma
IFF, Manila
Special Award
Cattolica
Grand Prix- International Festival of Criminal Films
Vevey
Golden Walking Stick- Comedy Film Festival
Marseille
Grand Prix- Comedy Film Festival
PFFF, Gdynia
Award for directing debut or second film (Juliusz Machulski)
Materials: HD
Length: 104’

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