Director: Waldemar Krzystek

Englisht title:  80 Million
Original title:   80 milionów

2011/ Poland/ 35mm/ 105’/ Fiction/ Colour

CREDITS:
Script:  Waldemar Krzystek, Krzysztof Kopka; Photography:   Piotr Śliskowski;  Editing: Marek "Mulny" Mulica; Music:   Zbigniew Karnecki; Sound:  Artur Kuczkowski, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński; Leading actors:  Krzysztof Czeczot, Piotr Głowacki, Wojciech Solarz, Marcin Bosak, Agnieszka Grochowska, Jan Frycz; Producer:   Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Marcin Kurek

Synopsis:
Poland, Lower Silesia, the beginning of a very cold winter 1981. After the series of entrapments by the Security Service a confrontation between the opposition and the communists seems to be inevitable. Just before the proclamation of martial law a group of young Solidarity activists decide to play va banque and organize a rash action to take out 80 million of the Union money from one of the Wroclaw's banks before the account would be blocked. Security Service officers follow their steps.

Filmography:
Waldemar Krzystek, born 1953 in Swobnica is one of the best known polish directors of the middle generation. He is also a mentor and a father figure for many young filmmakers, actors and screenwriters. He graduated in 1981 from the Department of Radio and Television of the Silesia University, where he studied directing. The times affected his cinematography. FILMOGRAPHY: 1984 Powinowactwo (Affinity) 1987 W zawieszeniu (Suspended) 1989 Ostatni prom (The last Ferry) 1992 Zwolnieni z życia (Dismissed from Life) 1994 Polska śmierć (Polish Death) 2000 Nie ma zmiłuj (No mercy) 2008 Mała Moskwa (Little Moscow) 2011 80 milionów (80 million").

Awards:
37.Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia - People's Choice Award; 26. Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa - Special Jury Prize for Actor Piotr Głowacki, 34. Moscow International Film Festival - Main Competition.