''The Red Spider'' ( pl, Czerwony pająk) is a 2015 Polish thriller film directed by

Marcin Koszałka Marcin Koszałka (born 30 December 1970) is a Polish cinematographer and film director. In 1995 he began his studies in Cinematography and Photography at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice., from which he graduated in 2001. In ...

Plot

"The Red Spider" for the film, which was inspired by the story of Karol Kot, a serial killer operating in Kraków in the 1960s, also known as the "Vampire from Kraków." Karol from Red Spider is a teenager like everyone else – young, well-built, on the verge of life. He comes from a good home, there are no problems at school, success, successes in sports, he falls in love. Everything is about being good, but it's not. The turning point in his life is when he accidentally witnesses a murder. Driven by curiosity, start following the killer. In this way, he discovers the dark side of his nature that existence was unaware.

Cast

* Filip Pławiak as Karol Kremer *

Adam Woronowicz Adam Woronowicz (; born 25 December 1973) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1995. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''The Christening''. Woronowicz played the role of Father Jerzy Popi ...

as Lucjan Staniak *

Julia Kijowska Julia Kijowska (born ) is a Polish actress. Her notable films include '' In Darkness'' (2011), ''The Mighty Angel'' (2014), and ''United States of Love'' (2016). The daughter of the director , she studied acting at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz Nat ...

as Danka *

Wojciech Zieliński Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik ...

as Florek *

Małgorzata Foremniak Małgorzata Irena Foremniak (; born 8 January 1967 in Radom) is a Polish actress. She is starring in the Polish TV series ''Na dobre i na złe'' as Zofia Stankiewicz-Burska and has played the role of Ash in ''Avalon''. She took part in ''Taniec z ...

as Karol's mother * Marek Kalita as Karol's father

References

External links

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