''Ja, Malinowski'' is a

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television series, directed by Filip Zylber, written by

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, and produced by Dariusz Pietrykowski. It was distributed by TVN with its episodes airing from 4 September 1999 to 24 October 1999. The show had 16 episodes.

Plot

Roman Malinowski and Laura Malinowska are a married couple that emigrated from

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during the

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, Illinois, United States, to better their economic situation. There, they had two twin boys Dave and Antek. In the 1990s, Roman won 7.5 million United States dollars. As such, the family decided to return to

, where they begin living luxurious lives with their newly acquired wealth.

Cast

* Grzegorz Warchoł as Roman Malinowski * Edyta Olszówka as Laura Malinowska *

Olaf Lubaszenko Olaf Sergiusz Linde-Lubaszenko (born 6 December 1968) is a Polish people, Polish actor and film director. He was born in Wrocław, the son of actors Edward Linde-Lubaszenko and Asja Łamtiugina. Olaf Lubaszenko starred in films by Krzysztof Ki ...

as Koryl *

Piotr Adamczyk Piotr Aleksander Adamczyk (; born March 21, 1972) is a Polish film, television, voice and theatre actor. He is known for portraying pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin in the biographical film '' Chopin: Desire for Love'' (2002), Pope John Paul ...

as Pijaszewski *

Tomasz Sapryk Tomasz Sapryk (born 17 November 1966 in Warsaw, Polish People’s Republic The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that ...

as Miruś *

Jolanta Fraszyńska Jolanta Fraszyńska (born 14 December 1968 in Mysłowice) is a Polish actress in film and theater. Biography Fraszyńska spent her childhood in Mysłowice, Poland. As a six year old she began performing in the singing and dancing program of th ...

as Eliza * Patryk Jezierski as Jezior *

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as Dave * Mateusz Maksiak as Antek * Piotr Machalica as Artur Oziębło *

Ewa Błaszczyk Ewa Błaszczyk (born 15 October 1955) is a Polish actress. She has made over 35 appearances in film and television. She starred in Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski (, 27 June 1941 – 14 March 1996) was a Polish film director and ...

as Patrycja Oziębło

Production

''Ja, Malinowski'' was directed by Filip Zylber, written by

, and produced by Dariusz Pietrykowski. The music was done by Piotr Mikołajczak and Zbigniew Stelmasiak, and music by Kuba Sienkiewicz, and editing by Katarzyna Rudnik. The show was produced ITI Film Studio, and distributed by TVN. Its first episode aired on 4 September 1999, and its final episode, on 24 October 1999. The show had one season, consisting of 16 episodes, each lasting from 24 to 29 minutes.

List of episodes

* "Szatoróż" * "Przeprowadzka" * "Zwyczajny dzień" * "Ręce do pracy" * "Wuj Teofil" * "Ziemia wysypana" * "Odwiedziny rodziny" * "Rajska wyspa" * "Maraton z uśmiechem" * "Wieczór kawalerski" * "Człowiek z gazety" * "Nie przeminęło z wiatrem" * "Firma budowlana 'Logo'" * "Koryl się żeni" * "Awaria" * "Koniec z nami"

Notes

References

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