''My Father's Bike'' () is a 2012 Polish comedy film directed by Piotr Trzaskalski. The film premiered at the

Gdynia Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every ...

, where Trzaskalski and Wojciech Lepianka won best screenplay.

Cast

Michał Urbaniak Michał Urbaniak (born January 22, 1943) is a Polish jazz musician who plays violin, lyricon, and saxophone. His music includes elements of folk music, rhythm and blues, hip hop music, hip hop, and symphonic music. History He was born in War ...

as Wlodzimierz Starnawski * Artur Żmijewski as Pawel Starnawski *Krzysztof Chodorowski as Maciek Starnawski *

Witold Dębicki Witold is a masculine Polish given name. This name derives from the Lithuanian “Vytautas” composed of two elements: “vyti” (chase) plus “tauta” (the people), but It is also possible that it is a name of Germanic origin which means "rul ...

as Franek Wera * Anna Nehrebecka as Barbara Starnawska * Piotr Szczepanik as Mirek

Reception and awards

Neil Young of ''

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...

'' wrote that a "music-themed Polish comedy-drama of inter-generational family matters may strike a chord with domestic audiences". The film was awarded the Golden Teeth Award at the 2005 Polish Film Festival in America.

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* 2012 comedy films Polish comedy films Films set in Poland 2010s Polish-language films {{Poland-film-stub