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Edi

IMDb ID: tt0338949 · Year: 2002 · Rating: 7.4 (2,227 votes)

Genres: Drama

The film tells a story of two scrap pickers - the title hero Edi and his friend Jureczek. Edi is wrongly accused of having raped the girl whose brothers have got the control over one of the city areas. Edi is severely punished for...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesGreece: Edi (Festival Title)
Poland: Edi
Russia: Эди
Эди
Content RatingNot RatedRelease Date2002-10-18Runtime97 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews31Critic Reviews5Countries / RegionsPolandLanguagesPolishKeywordsfemale nudity
female topless nudity
gypsy
gentleness
false accusation of rape
Filming LocationsAdamów, Lódzkie, PolandProduction CompaniesOpus Film
SPI International
Official SitesSPI Int'l - Opus Film - http://www.edifilm.pl/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338949/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0338949.jpgUpdated At2026-01-06T06:56:30

Stars

Henryk Golebiewski
Jacek Braciak
Jacek Lenartowicz
Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
Aleksandra Kisio
Dominik Bak
Malgorzata Flegel-Siedler
Tomasz Jarosz
Stefan Rola
Ryszard Anyszkiewicz

Directors

Piotr Trzaskalski

Writers

Wojciech Lepianka
Piotr Trzaskalski

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Henryk Golebiewski | Character: Edi
Actor: Jacek Braciak | Character: Jureczek Sokolow
Actor: Jacek Lenartowicz | Character: Princess's Brother
Actor: Grzegorz Stelmaszewski | Character: Princess's Brother
Actor: Aleksandra Kisio | Character: Princess
Actor: Dominik Bak | Character: Gypsy
Actor: Malgorzata Flegel-Siedler | Character: Krysia
Actor: Tomasz Jarosz | Character: Andrzej
Actor: Stefan Rola | Character: Stefan
Actor: Ryszard Anyszkiewicz | Character: Maly
Actor: Dariusz Walor | Character: Maly's Son
Actor: Maria Maj | Character: Maly's Wife
Actor: Boguslaw Plaszynski | Character: Director
Actor: Anna Grazyna Suchocka | Character: Woman in Shop
Actor: Barbara Dzido-Lelinska | Character: Bartender Jadzia
Actor: Anna Grzeszczak | Character: Nurse
Actor: Zofia Plewinska | Character: School Charwoman
Actor: Marcin Adamczewski | Character: Actor
Actor: Zbigniew Rosiak | Character: Actor
Actor: Artur Fratczak | Character: Actor
Actor: Miroslaw Lipski | Character: Actor
Actor: Jakub Tarka | Character: Actor
Actor: Adam Radecki | Character: Actor
Actor: Patryk Placek | Character: Actor
Actor: Hubert Mumiak | Character: Princess's Son
Actor: Karol Pietras | Character: Actor
Actor: Daniela Zablocka | Character: Woman at Bar
Actor: Krystyna Kobusiewicz | Character: Actress
Actor: Krzysztof Debski | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: Piotr Trzaskalski | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Wojciech Lepianka | Role: Writer
Name: Piotr Trzaskalski | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Piotr Dzieciol | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Wojciech Lemanski | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Krzysztof Ptak | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Cezary Kowalczuk | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Iwona Wronska | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Wojciech Żogała | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Monika Ugrewicz | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Anna Kieszczyńska | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Katarzyna Lesniak | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Jacek Gawryszczak | Role: Production Manager
Name: Joanna Lepianka | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Marcin Adamczewski | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Wojciech Lepianka | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Maciej Fajst | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Andrzej Artymowicz | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jan Freda | Role: Sound Department
Name: Wojciech Hamer | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jan Kozlowski | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mirosław Makowski | Role: Sound Department
Name: Krzysztof Wismont | Role: Sound Department
Name: Henryk Zastróżny | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Slawomir Maslanka | Role: Special Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Adam Barszczewski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dominik Danilczyk | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Wieslaw Kazmierczak | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Miroslaw Kowalczuk | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Cezary Kozlowski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Marcin Langowski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Marian Mlynarski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tadeusz Ostrowski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Arkadiusz Plachta | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Piotr Sliskowski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Marek Wojtaszewski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Maciej Zwierzchowski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Production Department]
Name: Maria Szleiermacher | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Dagmara Foltyn | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Sylwester Wlodarczyk | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338949/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Poland: September 18, 2002 (Gdynia Polish Film Festival)
Poland: October 18, 2002
Georgia: 2003 (Tbilisi International Film Festival)
United States: January 11, 2003 (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Canada: March 7, 2003 (Edmonton International Film Festival)
United States: March 21, 2003 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
Lithuania: March 22, 2003 (Vilnius International Film Festival)
United States: April 9, 2003 (Philadelphia International Film Festival)
Hungary: May 3, 2003 (TV premiere)
United States: May 26, 2003 (Seattle International Film Festival)
Slovakia: June 21, 2003 (Art Film Festival)
Czech Republic: July 5, 2003 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Philippines: August 8, 2003 (Cinemanila Film Festival)
Denmark: August 14, 2003 (Copenhagen International Film Festival)
Greece: September 12, 2003 (Athens Film Festival)
Netherlands: October 17, 2003 (TV premiere)
Norway: November 30, 2003 (Oslo International Film Festival)
Czech Republic: January 26, 2004 (Febio Film Festival)
Sweden: January 27, 2004 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Czech Republic: March 4, 2004
Slovakia: March 18, 2004
Japan: March 23, 2004 (Skip City International D-Cinema Festival)
France: October 6, 2004 (Panorama du Jeune Cinéma Polonais)
Kazakhstan: May 8, 2005 (Days of European Film)
France: July 3, 2005 (La Rochelle Film Festival)

Awards

Winner | 2003 | Berlin International Film Festival | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Forum of New Cinema | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Berlin International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Forum of New Cinema | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi | For its humanity and the warmth showing the life of a homeless man fighting for his dignity, but still caring for people around him.
Winner | 2003 | Berlin International Film Festival | Don Quixote Award | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Tbilisi International Film Festival | Silver Prometheus | Best Director | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | São Paulo International Film Festival | International Jury Award | Best Feature Film | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Film (Najlepszy Film) | Piotr Dzieciol, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Actor (Najlepsza Glówna Rola Meska) | Henryk Golebiewski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Supporting Actor (Najlepsza Drugoplanowa Rola Meska) | Jacek Braciak, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Director (Najlepsza Rezyseria) | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Screenplay (Najlepszy Scenariusz) | Wojciech Lepianka, Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Cinematography (Najlepsze Zdjecia) | Krzysztof Ptak, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Editing (Najlepszy Montaz) | Cezary Kowalczuk, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Production Design (Najlepsza Scenografia) | Wojciech Żogała, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Film Score (Najlepsza Muzyka) | Wojciech Lemanski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Eagle | Best Sound (Najlepszy Dzwiek) | Jan Freda, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Polish Film Awards | Audience Award | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Philip Morris Award | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi | Tied with Koktebel (2003).
Winner | 2003 | Art Film Festival | Golden Key | Art Fiction: Best Direction | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Art Film Festival | Don Quijote Plaque - Special Mention | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Art Film Festival | International Film Critics' Award | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi | Tied with Maj kompjutr (2002).
Nominee | 2003 | Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival | Best Film Award | Best Full-Length Fiction Film | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Sochi International Film Festival | Best Actor | Henryk Golebiewski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Sochi International Film Festival | Golden Rose | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | Krzysztof Ptak, Edi | Tied with Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition (2002).
Winner | 2002 | Polish Film Festival | Special Jury Prize | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Polish Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Jacek Braciak, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Polish Film Festival | Best Cinematography | Krzysztof Ptak, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Polish Film Festival | Best Production Design | Wojciech Żogała, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Polish Film Festival | Critics Award | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Warsaw International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2004 | Skip City International D-Cinema Festival | Best Picture - Feature Length | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2004 | Skip City International D-Cinema Festival | Grand Prize | Feature Film | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2004 | Annonay International Festival of First Films | Audience Award | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2004 | Annonay International Festival of First Films | Grand Jury Prize | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2002 | Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards | Golden Reel | Best Polish Film | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Winner | 2003 | Lubuskie Film Summer | Golden Grape | Fiction Films | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi
Nominee | 2003 | Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles | Hollywood Eagle Award | Best Film | Piotr Trzaskalski, Edi

Box Office

Poland: USD 1310652
Period: Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2003 | Rank: 10 | Weeks in release: 20 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 1310652 | Interval gross: USD 16954 | Per theater average: USD 584
Period: Feb 21 – 23, 2003 | Rank: 7 | Weeks in release: 19 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 1275876 | Interval gross: USD 20759 | Per theater average: USD 715
Period: Feb 7 – 9, 2003 | Rank: 8 | Weeks in release: 17 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 1191918 | Interval gross: USD 23870 | Per theater average: USD 823
Period: Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2003 | Rank: 9 | Weeks in release: 16 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 1146030 | Interval gross: USD 21511 | Per theater average: USD 741
Period: Jan 24 – 26, 2003 | Rank: 8 | Weeks in release: 15 | Theaters: 9 | Gross to date: USD 1093600 | Interval gross: USD 27262 | Per theater average: USD 3029
Period: Jan 17 – 19, 2003 | Rank: 6 | Weeks in release: 14 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 1035097 | Interval gross: USD 37282 | Per theater average: USD 1285
Period: Jan 10 – 12, 2003 | Rank: 3 | Weeks in release: 13 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 968226 | Interval gross: USD 37926 | Per theater average: USD 1307
Period: Jan 3 – 5, 2003 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 12 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 910322 | Interval gross: USD 37352 | Per theater average: USD 1288
Period: Dec 27 – 29, 2002 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 795709 | Interval gross: USD 51982 | Per theater average: USD 1792
Period: Dec 20 – 22, 2002 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 729557 | Interval gross: USD 18566 | Per theater average: USD 640
Period: Dec 13 – 15, 2002 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 685265 | Interval gross: USD 32327 | Per theater average: USD 1114
Period: Dec 6 – 8, 2002 | Rank: 7 | Weeks in release: 8 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 629551 | Interval gross: USD 39267 | Per theater average: USD 1354
Period: Nov 29 – Dec 1, 2002 | Rank: 6 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 564221 | Interval gross: USD 34772 | Per theater average: USD 1199
Period: Nov 22 – 24, 2002 | Rank: 5 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 492588 | Interval gross: USD 53259 | Per theater average: USD 1836
Period: Nov 15 – 17, 2002 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 396667 | Interval gross: USD 58292 | Per theater average: USD 2010
Period: Nov 8 – 10, 2002 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 271011 | Interval gross: USD 66966 | Per theater average: USD 2309
Period: Nov 1 – 3, 2002 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 21 | Gross to date: USD 162205 | Interval gross: USD 51469 | Per theater average: USD 2450
Period: Oct 25 – 27, 2002 | Rank: 7 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 21 | Gross to date: USD 73227 | Interval gross: USD 49988 | Per theater average: USD 2380