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