''The Two Who Stole the Moon'' ( pl, O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc) is a 1962 Polish children's film based on
Kornel Makuszyński's 1928 story of the same name.
Despite having been known to Polish children for many generations, the film gained renewed fame in the 2000s for starring two of the country's future leaders:
Lech Kaczyński, who served as
President of Poland from 2005 until his death in
a 2010 plane crash, and his identical twin brother
Jarosław Kaczyński,
Twins who stole the Moon are poised to run away with Poland – Telegraph
/ref> the Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007, Chief of Office of the President of Poland from 1990 to 1991, and current chairman of the Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland. Its chairman is Jarosław Kaczyński.
It was founded in 2001 by Jarosław and Lech Kaczyński as a direct su ...
party. The twins were thirteen at the time.
Plot
The two twins, Jacek and Placek, start out as cruel and lazy boys whose main interest is eating, eating anything, including chalk and a sponge in school. One day they have the idea of stealing the Moon; after all, it is made of gold.
: "If we steal the moon, we would not have to work"
: "But we do not work now, either..."
: "But then we would not have to work ''at all''".
After a few small adventures, they manage to steal the Moon. Immediately a gang of robbers notices the little thieves and captures them. The two regain their freedom, and one of the twins devises a plan to enter the "City of Gold". The plan works, but when the robbers try to collect the gold, they turn into gold themselves. The twins escape and then run home and promise to help their parents with their work as farmers.
An animated version of the film was also produced in 1984, with virtually the same plot.
The musical track from the 1984 animated film includes music by the popular Polish rock group Lady Pank. The film has been compared to the Beatles' involvement in ''Yellow Submarine'', as they were both designed to boost said groups' popularity.
Cast
* Lech Kaczyński - Jacek
* Jarosław Kaczyński - Placek
* Ludwik Benoit
Ludwik Benoit (18 July 1920 Wołkowysk, Poland – 4 November 1992, Łódź) was a Polish film and theatre actor.
Biography
Benoit was a graduate of the Actor's Studio Gall in Gdańsk in 1946 and from the National Film School in Łódź
Nation ...
- Wojciech, father of Jacek and Placek
* Helena Grossówna - mother of Jacek and Placek
* Janusz Strachocki Janusz () is a masculine Poland, Polish given name.
It is also the shortened form of January_(given name), January and Januarius.
People
*Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter
*Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician
*Janusz Bie ...
- mayor of Zapiecek
* Tadeusz Woźniak
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Tadeusz Jacek Woźniak (born 15 January 1960 in Kutno) is a Polish politician. He was first elected to Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5396 votes in 11 – Sieradz district as a candidate from the Law and Justice (PiS) list. On 4 Nov ...
- teacher in Zapiecek
* Janusz Kłosiński - Mortadella
* Wacław Kowalski
Wacław Kowalski (2 May 1916 – 27 October 1990) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1947 to 1983.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1916 births
1990 deaths
Polish male film actors
Polish ...
* Henryk Modrzewski Henryk may refer to:
* Henryk (given name)
* Henryk, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a village in south-central Poland
* Henryk Glacier, an Antarctic glacier
See also
* Henryk Batuta hoax, an internet hoax
* Henrykian articles
The Henrician Article ...
- Tailor of Zapiecek
* Bronisław Darski - Barnaba
* Stanisław Tylczyński
* Janusz Ziejewski
* Włodzimierz Skoczylas
Włodzimierz Skoczylas (7 May 1923 – 29 September 1993) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1952 and 1990.
Selected filmography
* ''Five Boys from Barska Street'' (1954)
* ''Irena do domu!'' (1955)
* ''Milczące ...
* Tadeusz Schmidt
Tadeusz Schmidt (14 November 1920 – 10 May 1976) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1942 and 1976.
Selected filmography
* '' The Two Who Stole the Moon'' (1962)
* ''Potem nastąpi cisza'' (1965)
* ''Wester ...
* Ryszard Ronczewski
Ryszard Ronczewski (27 June 1930 – 17 October 2020) was a Polish actor.
He appeared in more than seventy films from 1954 to 2021 (the premiere of '' The Wedding'' occurred a few months after his death).
Ronczewski died from COVID-19 on 17 Octo ...
- Robber "Rozporek"
References
External links
*
FilmWebStopklatka
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1962 films
Polish children's films
Films based on children's books
Films about twin brothers
Moon in film
1960s Polish-language films
Films based on fairy tales
1960s children's films