''Career of Nikos Dyzma'' (also known as ''Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy'' in Polish) is a 2002 Polish film directed by
Jacek Bromski
Jacek Bromski (born 19 December 1946) is a Polish film director. He has directed 15 films since 1982. He was a member of the jury at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''Alice'' (1982) (co-directed with Jerzy Gr ...
. The film is a mordant contemporary satire loosely based on the 1932 novel
The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma
''The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma'' (Polish title: ''Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy'') is a 1932 Polish bestselling political novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. It was his first major literary success, with immediate material rewards, prompting Mostowi ...
by
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (; 10 August 1898 – 20 September 1939) was a Polish writer, journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. One of his best known works, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was ''The Career ...
, which narrates the story of a crude opportunist from the countryside, whose vulgarity, mistaken by the Polish elite in the capital for canny insight, facilitates his rise through the social and political ranks of the nation. The same novel also inspired the 1979 American film
Being There.
Cast
*
Cezary Pazura as Nikodem, "Nikos" Dyzma
*
Anna Przybylska as Jadzia, the wife of the minister Jaszuński
*
Ewa Kasprzyk as Senator Anna Walewska
*
Andrzej Grabowski
Andrzej Piotr Grabowski (born 15 March 1952 in Chrzanów, Poland) is a Polish actor, singer and comedian. He is best known for playing the role of Ferdynand Kiepski in the TV series ''Świat według Kiepskich''.
Career
Grabowski graduated from ...
as Roman Kiliński
*
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 Minister Jaszuński
*
Krzysztof Pieczynski
Krzysztof () is a Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu
Individuals named Krzysztof may choose to ...
as Kropiel
*
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Olgierd Łukaszewicz (born 7 September 1946) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since his 1969 graduation from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków. Between 2002 and 2005, he was the President of ...
as Prime Minister
*
Lew Rywin
Lew Rywin (born 10 November 1945 in a Nizhnyeye Alkeyevo, USSR) is a Polish film producer associated with Heritage Films (est. 1991). He has also been a member of the Polish Radio and TV committee and worked in an agency, Poltel, producing for P ...
as Terkowski
*
Katarzyna Figura
Katarzyna Małgorzata Figura (Polish pronunciation: ; born 22 March 1962) is a Polish film, theatre and television actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in ''Prêt-à-Porter'', Robert Altman's 1994 film.
Career
Figura was bor ...
as Nurse
Awards
* Eagles
year: 2003
Type: appointment
Award: Eagle
Best Costume Design (Margaret Braszka)
* Golden Ducks
year: 2003
Type: appointment
Award: Golden Duck
Best Polish actress (Anna Przybylska)
* Golden Lions
year: 2002
Type: appointment
Award: Golden Lions
Participation in the main competition (Jacek Bromski)
Other Information
Period Picture: October 10 - November 21, 2001.
Landscapes:
Pabianice
Pabianice is a city in central Poland with 63,023 inhabitants (2021). Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship, it is the capital of Pabianice County. It lies about southwest of Łódź and belongs to the metropolitan area of that city. It is the ...
(Lutheran Cemetery),
Lodz (Poznanski Palace Street. Ogrodowa, ul. Marathon, rector Film School - Film Walewska senator's office, the rector of the Academy of Medicine - a film cabinet minister Jaszuńskiego, home of "Polonia", Al. Mickiewicza - film study Kilińskiego, a hypermarket M1, Poniatowski Park, st. Wolczanska requested to fill at the hospital), Wola, near Lodz Błędowska (golf course), Leśmierz (refinery), Warsaw, Gdynia (port).
Gala premiere took place March 7, 2002 in
Lodz, in the cinema "Baltic" and the March 14, 2002 in Warsaw at the cinema 'Cinematheque. "
In 2002, the film received an award of the Association "Polish Cinemas - Golden Ticket for a fourth place ranking in the audience.
The film can be confused with the Polish comedy of manners in 1956 under the title "Nicodemus Dyzma"
The film can be confused with the Polish soap opera from 1980, which is a soap opera costume and satire titled "The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma"
Sound: Janusz Bouillon and Michael Kosterkiewicz
References
External links
* Excellent revie
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*''Career of Nikos Dyzma'' on
Filmweb
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2002 films
Films based on works by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Polish drama films
2000s Polish-language films