Himilsbach. Prawdy, bujdy, czarne dziury

Himilsbach. Prawdy, bujdy, czarne dziury

2002 · ★ 7.5 · Documentary

The life of Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988) - stonemason, docker, sailor, actor, screenwriter and writer - is a collection of anecdotes on the one hand, and a string of overwhelming events on the other. As a juvenile shoemaker he was sent to a reformatory, as a railroad thief - to prison, and as a laborer - to a quarry in the God's Gift mine. The film uses interviews with Jan Himilsbach, excerpts from films featuring him, the song "Happiness, Where Are You," for which he wrote the lyrics, and autobiographical novellas set in Minsk Mazowiecki.

Directed by Stanisław Manturzewski · Written by Stanisław Manturzewski

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Jan Himilsbach Self
Cezary Kosiński Dziki Jaś
Zbigniew Domagalski Ksiądz
Adam Dzienis Żołnierz
Jolanta Mrotek Policjantka Mańka Pędzel
Adrian Sulik Mały Himilsbach
Modest Ruciński Żołnierz

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