A Junglebook of Regulations

A film by Stanislaw Bareja – the Polish master of comedy, director, screenwriter and actor. Hailed the comedy director of the century.

The creme de la creme of Polish actors – Jacek Fedorowicz, Halina Kowalska, Wiesław Gołas, Mieczysław Czechowicz, Jerzy Dobrowolski and others.

The adventures of a young couple after they get a new apartment to which a shrewd con-man keeps moving his victims into. Wanda and Jan are crammed in an old villa room and dreaming of owning their own apartment. One day Malinowski turns up and offers to swap apartments. They agree, but the beautiful dream quickly changes into a nightmare. Hilarity ensues as more and more tenants constantly appear.

Polish title, "There is no rose without a fire" comes from two mixed proverbs: "There is no rose without thorns" and "There is no smoke without a fire".

A satire comedy. A comedic take on Polish housing issues during the communist regime.