Movie Details:
Original title | Biala odwaga |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Genres | Drama, War |
Release date | March 8, 2024 |
Running time | 1hr 55min |
Starring | Filip Plawiak Julian Swiezewski Jakub Gierszal Sandra Drzymalska Wiktoria Gorodecka Andrzej Konopka |
Directed by | Marcin Koszalka |
Screenplay by | Marcin Koszalka, Lukasz M. Maciejewski |
Produced by | Magdalena Kaminska, Agata Szymanska |
Cinematography by | Marcin Koszalka |
Edited by | Agnieszka Glinska |
Music by | Jacek Grudzien |
Casting by | Marcin Koszalka, Ewa Krzyzanowska Lepecka |
Production Design by | Elwira Pluta |
Set Decoration by | Jacek Czechowski |
Costume Design by | Malgorzata Gwiazdecka, Joanna Pamula |
Filming locations | Tatra Mountains, Malopolskie, Poland Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland |
Production Company | Balapolis Monolith Films Hollman Emea Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej Regionalny Fundusz Filmowy (Krakow) |
Distributor | Monolith Films |
Box Office Collection | $1,373,237 |
Cast & Characters:
- Filip Plawiak as Andrzej
- Julian Swiezewski as Maciek
- Jakub Gierszal as Wolfram von Kamitz
- Sandra Drzymalska as Bronka
- Wiktoria Gorodecka as Helena
- Andrzej Konopka as Skorus
- Alona Szostak as Mother of Bronka
- Julia Kuzka as Sister of Bronka
- Nikodem Marecki as Brother of Bronka
- Juliusz Chrzastowski as Father
- Andrzej Pieczynski as Grandfather
- Rafael Stachowiak as Bruno Berg
- Joachim Paul Assböck as Hans Frank
- Katarzyna Zawadzka as Hans Frank’s Wife
- Adam Woronowicz as UB Officer
- Marcin Bosak as Opler
- Marcin Czarnik as Piorun
- Jerzy Nasierowski as Composer
- Kristof Szabo as Ballet master
- Krzysztof Zawadzki as Aristocrat
- Rinat Khairullin as Commander of Soviet soldiers
- Alicja Czarnik as Opler’s wife
- Dorota Bochenek as Highlander hiding Helena
- Jan Niemczyk as Young Highlander
- Jan Kardasinski as Pytac
- Marcin Urbanke as Andrzej’s companion
- Krzysztof Satala as Andrzej’s companion
- Jozef Wieclawek as Andrzej’s companion
- Marcin Piotrowiak as Andrzej’s companion
- Jacek Lukaszewski as Old Highlander
- Jan Karpiel-Bulecka as Old Highlander
- Stanislaw Jaskulka as Old blacksmith
Storyline:
The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious Wolfram, an anthropologist and climber. He shares with him his mountaineering technique and knowledge about the Prague origins of the highlanders. Andrzej returns to Zakopane, war breaks out. To protect the Highlanders from wartime destruction, he wants to persuade them to cooperate with the Germans. Andrzej and Maciek are standing on opposite sides of the barricade. The brothers’ confrontation is bloody and painful.