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Sami swoi
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Wikipedia article
'Sami swoi' (; translated as 'All Friends Here' or 'Our Folks'; literally "only our own") (1967) is the first part of a Polish comedic trilogy of movies by Sylwester Chciski. Its two follow-ups are 'Nie ma mocnych' (a Polish idiom meaning "no one can do") (1974) and 'Kochaj albo rzu' ("Love or Leave") (1977).
The film
The film was black and white but was colorized in 2000 by Dynacs Digital Studios for Polish television station Polsat. The score was composed by Wojciech Kilar.
The movie was filmed mostly in Dobrzykowice near Wrocaw, with some scenes at Lubomierz and surrounding areas.
It was one of the most popular Polish comedies of its times and still remains an old favorite. Lubomierz has a museum dedicated to the movies, and Toru has a statue of the two main heroes, Kargul and Pawlak.
The story
The movie is the story of the two quarreling families, who after the end of the Second World War were resettled from Kresy to the Regained Territories, after Poland's borders were shifted westwards. The bad blood between them runs to a time when one of Karguls plowed a few inches ('3-fingers-width') into the Pawlak's territory, for which one of the Pawlaks hit him with a scythe and then, fearing retribution, emigrated to the United States. Years later, he comes back, and finds that both families live peacefully. His brother, Kazimierz, tells him the story of how the families came to terms, in a form of Romeo and Juliet-like marriage between Pawlak's son, Witia, and Kargul's daughter, Jadka.
The actors
*'Pawlak family'
**Wacaw Kowalski - Kazimierz ('Kamirz')
**Zdzisaw Karczewski - Jan 'John'
**Jerzy Janeczek - Witia
**Maria Zbyszewska - Mania
**Natalia Szymaska - Leonia
**Zygmunt Bielawski - Pawe ('Paweek')
*'Kargul family'
**Wadysaw Hacza - Wadysaw ('Wady')
**Ilona Kumierska - Jadwiga ('Jadka')
**Halina Buyno-oza - Aniela ('Anielcia')
*'Others'
**Eliasz Oparek-Kuziemski - Kokeszko
**Aleksander Fogiel - sotys (village headman)
**Witold Pyrkosz - 'the guy from Warsaw'
**Kazimierz Talarczyk - Wieczorek
**Ryszard Kotys - cats seller
**Andrzej Mroek - Russian soldier
**Jan opuszniak - German priest
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