''Jack Strong'' is a 2014 Polish political thriller film directed by Władysław Pasikowski, starring

Marcin Dorociński Marcin Grzegorz Dorociński (born 22 June 1973) is a Polish film, television and stage actor. Early life Dorociński was born in Milanówek near Warsaw and grew up in a small village Kłudzienko. His father is a blacksmith and his mother is a ...

, Maja Ostaszewska, Dagmara Dominczyk and Patrick Wilson. The film is based on the true story of

Ryszard Kukliński Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda. Kukliński passed top secret Soviet documen ...

, a

Polish People's Army The Polish People's Army ( pl, Ludowe Wojsko Polskie , LWP) constituted the second formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in 1943–1945, and in 1945–1989 the armed forces of the Polish communist state ( from 1952, the Polish Pe ...

colonel who spied for the American

Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...

during the height of the Cold War.

Cast

* 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 Forden, CIA Operations Officer *

Dagmara Domińczyk Dagmara Domińczyk ( ; born July 17, 1976) is a Polish-American actress and author. She has appeared in the films '' Rock Star'' (2001), ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002), '' Kinsey'' (2004), '' Trust the Man'' (2005), '' Lonely Hearts'' (200 ...

as Sue, CIA Operative * Oleg Maslennikov as

Viktor Kulikov Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (russian: Виктор Георгиевич Куликов; 5 July 1921 – 28 May 2013) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union on 14 Jan ...

Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (russian: Маршал Советского Союза, Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 19 ...

* Ilja Zmiejew as general Szernienko * Mirosław Baka as major Putek *

Krzysztof Globisz Krzysztof Maria Globisz (born 16 January 1957 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish theatre and film actor. His best-known role is as Piotr Balicki, the newly qualified barrister whose opinion of capital punishment undergoes a radical change in ...

as General

Florian Siwicki Florian Siwicki (; 10 January 1925 – 11 March 2013) was a Polish military officer, diplomat and communism, communist politician. He was a general in the Polish Land Forces, Polish Army and Defence minister, Minister of Defense of Poland fro ...

Paweł Małaszyński Paweł Małaszyński (born June 26, 1973 in Szczecinek, Poland) is a Polish TV and film actor. He also leads a music band "Cochise". Starred in *''Usta usta'' (2020) - Dominik, Magda's lover *''Friends (2020) - Artur Morawski *'' Weekend'' (20 ...

as Dariusz Ostaszewski * Dimitri Bilov as Sasha Ivanov *

Krzysztof Pieczyński Krzysztof Pieczyński (born 27 March 1957) is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1979. Filmography References External links * 1957 births Living people Polish male film actors Polish male television actor ...

Zbigniew Brzeziński Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński ( , ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), or Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was President Jimmy Carter's ...

United States National Security Advisor The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA),The National Security Advisor and Staff: p. 1. is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at t ...

* Paweł Iwanicki as Walczak *

Zbigniew Zamachowski Zbigniew Zamachowski (; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. Life and career He was born on 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny near Łódź. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting caree ...

as colonel Gendera * Ireneusz Czop as Marian Rakowiecki * Piotr Grabowski as agent of counterintelligence * Krzysztof Dracz as General

Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military officer, politician and ''de facto'' leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party b ...

* Eduard Bezrodniy as Oleg Penkovsky * Antoni Barłowski as Kowalik *

Michalina Olszańska Michalina Olszańska (born 29 June 1992) is a Polish actress and writer. She is a daughter of actors Agnieszka Fatyga and Wojciech Olszański. She has published two novels as a teenager. For her role in ''I, Olga Hepnarová'' she received the Mi ...

as Iza

Filming

Photography started in January 2013. The film was shot in the offices of the

General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces Polish General Staff, formally known as the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces ( Polish: ''Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego'') is the highest professional body within the Polish Armed Forces. Organizationally, it is an integral part of the M ...

and in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Gdańsk, Legnica,

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and

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Release

The film was released in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

on February 7, 2014. The film was released in the

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and in

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on February 14, 2014. The film was released in the

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on July 24, 2015, in a limited release and through

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by Level 33 Entertainment.

References

External links

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Official Jack Strong Website
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