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The Debt (1999 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Debt' is a 1999 Polish film directed by Krzysztof Krauze. It is based on a true event that took place in Warsaw, Poland in the early 1990s.
Description
After looking for financial backing to start a business importing Italian scooters, college friends Adam and Stefan meet businessman Gerard. While initially very helpful, Gerard soon turns violent, and begins to blackmail the pair for increasingly large sums of money while psychologically terrorizing the two men.
The movie is based on the true story of Sawomir Sikora and Artur Bryliski, who were later pardoned by the Polish president because of exposure from the film.
Critic Piotr Zwierzchowski compared Krauze's 'The Debt' to Michael Hanecke's 'Funny Games' writing that both films are similar in that they convey the same sense of "powerlessness of the main characters as well as the viewers against the morality-defying spectacle of violence". Katarzyna Taras considered 'The Debt', alongside Robert Gliski's 2001 film 'Cze Tereska', to be "the darkest portrayal of Poland's reality after 1989".
In 2000, the film received Polish Academy Award for Best Film. In 2019, Andrzej Chyra, who played one of the main characters in 'The Debt', received the Special Zbigniew Cybulski Award for Lifetime Achievement, the jury having emphasized in its verdict his role in Krzysztof Krauze's 1999 film.
Cast
* Robert Gonera as Adam Borecki
* Jacek Borcuch as Stefan Kowalczyk
* Andrzej Chyra as Gerard Nowak
* Cezary Kosiski as Tadeusz Frei
* Joanna Szurmiej-Rzczyska as Basia
* Agnieszka Warchulska as Jola
* Joanna Kurowska as Sasiadka
*Przemysaw Modliszewski as Mody
* Krzysztof Gordon
* Sawomira oziska
* Maria Robaszkiewicz
* Edyta Bach as Joanna
* Jakub Bach as Jurek
* Jerzy Gudejko
* Henryk Gobiewski
* Katarzyna Tatarak
* Marcin Jamkowski
* Ewa Kania
* Sawomir Jwik as Matczak
* Magorzata Pramowska
* Jowita Miondlikowska
* Jarosaw Budnik
* Maria Maj
* Aleksander Mikoajczak
* Andrzej Andrzejewski
* Roman Bugaj
* Pawe Kleszcz
References
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