Sara is a 1997 Polish movie directed by Maciej Ślesicki.

Plot

Leon (Bogusław Linda), a former commando, returns home after a job in Yugoslavia. One of his young daughters pulls a gun out of his luggage and targets another daughter. After his wife has left him, and Leon has lost himself in booze, he is roused for an interview with a local criminal ringleader, Jozef (Marek Perepeczko), who is looking for a bodyguard for his 16-year-old daughter, Sara (Agnieszka Włodarczyk). During the interview an attempt is made to assassinate Jozef, and Leon's quick action saves his life. Leon is awarded the job. Sara at first appears unenthusiastic about her new bodyguard, but during an assassination attempt on her, he protects her with his body. Sarah falls in love with Leon. Initially, Leon is wary of Sara's attentions, but sincere and tender feelings for the girl eventually conquer his heart. Leon and Sarah become lovers. Soon Sara becomes pregnant. Another criminal bigwig comes into possession of compromising photos and passes them to Jozef. A confrontation ensues.

Cast

Bogusław Linda Bogusław Linda (; born 27 June 1952) is a Polish actor known from films such as ''Psy'' and ''Tato''. He appeared in Andrzej Wajda's ''Man of Iron'' and ''Danton'' and in Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''Blind Chance'' and the seventh episode of Kieśl ...

as Leon *

Agnieszka Włodarczyk Agnieszka Włodarczyk (; born 13 December 1980) is a Polish actress and singer. As an actress she is best known for her roles in the movie ''Sara'' and a TV comedy series ''13 posterunek''. In 2007, she released her debut album, '' Nie dla oka.. ...

as Sara *

Marek Perepeczko Marek Perepeczko (3 April 1942 – 17 November 2005Data śmierci według poprawionej informacji żony Agnieszki Fitkau-Perepeczko. TVN ''Rozmowy w toku'', 2007.01.25.) was a popular Polish movie and theatrical actor. Between 1960 and 1961, he a ...

as Joseph * Cezary Pazura as Cezary, guard *

Stanisław Brudny Stanislav and variants may refer to: People * Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, C ...

as Leon's father *

Krzysztof Kiersznowski Krzysztof Kiersznowski (26 November 1950 – 24 October 2021) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows from 1977 to 2021. Selected filmography * ''Vabank'' (1981) * ''Fever'' (1981) * ''Kiler-ów 2-óch'' ...

as *

Jack Recknitz Jack Recknitz (born Hans-Joachim Recknitz; 1931-2013) was a German and Polish actor. Born 25 May 1931 in Baden-Baden to a family of actors: Hans-Joachim Zinke senior and Katharina Recknitz. Early in his youth he started working for the Leipzig Rad ...

as Jozef's man *

Grzegorz Miśtal Grzegorz Miśtal (born 19 January 1973, in Kraków) - Polish movie actor and TV actor, and theater actor. Since 1999 he is reporter of Telewizja Polska. Since September 2009 he is host of Program ''Kawa Czy Herbata?''. He guides too a program: ''Kt ...

as Sara's classmate *

Teresa Lipowska Teresa Lipowska (born 14 July 1937 in Warsaw) is a Polish actress. She is best known as Barbara Mostowiak in the very popular Polish soap opera ''M jak miłość''. Lipowska was married to actor Tomasz Zaliwski. Biography She is the eldest da ...

as saleslady *

Jarosław Gruda Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...

as Gynaecologist

Production

To appear nude in this film,

, who was 15-years-old during filming, needed the consent of her mother Anna Stasiukiewicz. She was her who persuaded her daughter to play in the film and to begin her career in show business.

Awards and nominations

* 1997 – Award Film Festival in Gdynia (Maciej Ślesicki) *1999 – Award for the best debut at the festival

Stozhary Festival ''Stozhary'' is an international actors film festival which takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine. The name of the festival is an Old Slavonic counterpart for the asterism of Pleiades. In the mythology of ancient Greece Pleiads were the 7 beautiful ...

(Agnieszka Wlodarczyk)

References

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1997 films Polish drama films 1990s Polish-language films {{Poland-film-stub