''80 Million'' ( pl, 80 milionów) is a 2011 Polish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
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
85th Academy Awards
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...
, 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
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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 ...
as
Władysław Frasyniuk
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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
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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 b ...
as Czerniak
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Olga Frycz as Marta
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Krzysztof Czeczot as Józek
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Maciej Makowski as Piotr
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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
* Ma ...
as Stary
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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 w ...
as Baginski
*
Krzysztof Stroiński 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 National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in 2002. In 2003, she started working at the ...
as Anka
Reception
In a review for ''
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly large ...
'', Stephen Dalton calls the film a "rousing heist thriller" and "an enjoyably upbeat thrill ride and a universal celebration of victory over tyranny".
See also
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Heist film
The heist film or caper film is a subgenre of crime film focused on the planning, execution, and aftermath of a significant robbery.
One of the early defining heist films was '' The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950), which ''Film Genre 2000'' wrote "alm ...
References
External links
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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
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