Filip Movie Details:
Country | Poland |
Language | German, Polish, French, Yiddish |
Genre | Drama, Historical, War |
Release date | 28 February 2023 (Poland) |
Running time | 2hr 5min |
Starring | Eryk Kulm Jr. Victor Meutelet Caroline Hartig Zoë Straub |
Directed by | Michał Kwieciński |
Written by | Michał Kwieciński Michał Matejkiewicz |
Produced by | Krystyna Świeca Patryk Peridis Michał Kwieciński |
Cinematography by | Michał Sobociński |
Edited by | Nikodem Chabior |
Music by | Robert Koch |
Production Company | Telewizja Polska Akson Studio |
Distributor | TVP Dystrybucja Kinowa |
Filip Movie Cast & Characters:
- Eryk Kulm Jr. as Filip
- Victor Meutelet as Pierre
- Caroline Hartig [de] as Lisa
- Zoë Straub as Blanka
- Sandra Drzymalska as Marlena
- Maja Szopa as Sara
- Gabriel Raab [de] as Baumuller
- Bohdan Graczyk as Eissler
- Werner Biermeier as Brutsch
- Ondrej Kraus as Bohumil
- Joseph Altamura as Francesco
- Tom van Kessel as Lucas
- Mateusz Rzeźniczak as Laszlo
- Karol Biskup as Artur
- Nicolas Przygoda as Ilie
- Philip Günsch as Jupp
- Robert Więckiewicz as Staszek
- Julian Świeżewski as Kazik
- Jürg Plüss as Gukst
- Nicolo Pasetti as Karl
- Christine Detmers as Elsa
- Anke Sabrina Beerman as Greta
- Zofia Cybul as Annemarie
- Ada Szczepaniak as Marta
- Hanna Śleszyńska as Diva
- Edyta Torhan as Filip’s mother
- Robert Gonera as Filip’s father
Storyline:
The film takes place in 1943. A young Polish Jew named Filip (Eryk Kulm Jr.), FIlip is cosmopolitan and incapable of deeper feelings seducer. In Poland, Filip lost his entire family. Alone – being in the heart of Nazi Germany. Filip hides his Jewish origins and often eludes death. Filip works as a waiter in a restaurant of an exclusive hotel and carelessly enjoys all the charms of life surrounded by luxury, beautiful women, and friends from all over Europe. However, when the war begins to take a bloody toll on those closest to him, the intricately built world that surrounds him crumbles like a house of cards.
Filip Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Worldwide Collection | $ 1 188 838 |
About Filip Movie:
The film is based on the semi-biographical novel of the same name by Leopold Tyrmand (Filip, 1961).
It was first shown at the Gdynia Film Festival in September 2022, where it won the Silver Lion, and also awards to Michał Sobociński for cinematography and to Dariusz Krysiak for characterization.
The actor playing the lead role, Erik Kulm Jr. received the Zbyszek Cybulski Award for a young actor of outstanding individuality in December 2022.
Filip was released in Poland on 28 February 2023 by TVP Dystrybucja Kinowa.
Filip also received the highest award (Platinum Gorget) on March 1, 2023, during the III Festival of National Culture “Pamięć i Tożsamość” in Warsaw.