''80 Million'' ( pl, 80 milionów) is a 2011 Polish

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directed by

Waldemar Krzystek Waldemar Krzystek (born 23 November 1953) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. His film '' Ostatni prom'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. His 2008 cold war romance ''Little Moscow'' (''Ma� ...

. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the

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, but it did not make the final shortlist. It is about Polish activists who withdrew 80 million zlotys from Solidarity's accounts hours before the accounts were blocked by martial law in Poland in December 1981. This helped organize Solidarity’s underground activities for years.

Cast

Filip Bobek Filip Andrzej Bobek (born 9 October 1980 in Gdańsk) is a Polish actor, best known for his role of the main love interest in '' BrzydUla''. He studied at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. He began his career by starring in short f ...

Władysław Frasyniuk Władysław Frasyniuk (born 25 November 1954 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician, former activist of Solidarity trade union, and former chairman of the Partia Demokratyczna - demokraci.pl political party. He served as a member of the Sejm (Pol ...

Marcin Bosak Marcin Bosak (born 9 September 1979 in Łódź) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than twenty-five films since 1995. Biography He was born and raised in Łódź. He has a younger sister, Anna, finalist of the You Can Dance: Po prostu tań ...

as Maks * Wojciech Solarz as Staszek *

Piotr Głowacki Piotr Głowacki (born 29 March 1980) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 2004. Awarded with the most prestigious prize for a young actor of his generation in 2014, Głowacki has since played in major Polish and internatio ...

as Sobczak *

Sonia Bohosiewicz Sonia Bohosiewicz (born 9 December 1975) is a Polish actress, cabaret artist and singer. She has appeared in such films as '' Rezerwat'', ''Obława'' and '' Polish-Russian War'' and the television series ''Czas honoru''. Early life She was bor ...

as Czerniak *

Olga Frycz Olga Frycz (born 10 June 1986) is a Polish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as ''All That I Love'', ''Weiser'' and ''Edges of the Lord'' as well as the television series ''M jak miłość'' and ''Cisza nad rozlewiski ...

as Marta * Krzysztof Czeczot as Józek * Maciej Makowski as Piotr *

Mariusz Benoit Mariusz is a Slavic-language masculine name, and may refer to: *Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972), Polish ice hockey player * Mariusz Duda (b. 1975), Polish musician *Mariusz Fyrstenberg (b. 1980), Polish tennis player * Mariusz Jędra *Mariusz Jop *Mari ...

as Stary *

Jan Frycz Jan Frycz (born 15 May 1954) is a Polish screen and stage actor. He was nominated for six Polish Academy Awards, winning twice for his supporting roles in the films ''Pornografia'' (2003) and ''The Welts'' (2004). Biography Frycz's father was ...

as Baginski *

Krzysztof Stroiński Krzysztof Stroiński (born 9 October 1950 in Pszczyna) is a Polish actor. He performed in more than forty films since 1971. He won the 2009 Polish Academy Award for Best Actor The Polish Academy Award for Best Actor is an award given out at the ...

as Zegota * Przemyslaw Bluszcz as Bogdan Stroinski *

Agnieszka Grochowska Agnieszka Grochowska (born 31 December 1979) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life She was born on 31 December 1979 in Warsaw. She graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, National Academy of Dr ...

as Anka

Reception

In a review for ''

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'', Stephen Dalton calls the film a "rousing heist thriller" and "an enjoyably upbeat thrill ride and a universal celebration of victory over tyranny".

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* 2011 films 2011 drama films Polish drama films 2010s Polish-language films Films directed by Waldemar Krzystek Films set in 1981 {{Poland-film-stub

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