“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious colleague Jan Budař takes up directing duties and financing has arrived from Poland. What started out pleasantly enough, however, soon goes awry. Liška’s pronunciation difficulties, Daniel’s alter ego Havlát, and Matonoha’s financial machinations turn the shoot into a fight for survival. More than just a film about friendship and the absurdity of actors’ lives, director Marek Najbrt gives us a witty meditation on reality and illusion, and a unique take on the reality film genre. One of Pavel Liška’s on-set comments (“I didn’t know if I should act as if I were acting, or act as if I weren’t acting, or just not act at all”) illustrates the provocative nature of Najbrt’s subversive, quasi-documentary game.
Unfortunately the movie Polski film is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Marek Najbrt | Director |
Directing | Lukáš Viznar | First Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Agnieszka Wasiak | Makeup & Hair |
Crew | Stanisłav Madej | Stunts |
Production | Marta Dudáková | Executive Producer |
Production | Luděk Valchář | Production Manager |
Crew | Kristián Suda | Dramaturgy |
Sound | Marek Hart | Sound |
Camera | Miloslav Holman | Director of Photography |
Art | Lucie Fejková | Set Designer |
Editing | Pavel Hrdlička | Editor |
Crew | Piotr Doryń | Stunts |
Writing | Robert Geisler | Screenplay |
Sound | Tomáš Zůbek | Sound |
Visual Effects | Boris Masník | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Production | Milan Kuchynka | Producer |
Writing | Benjamin Tuček | Screenplay |
Sound | Midi Lidi | Music |
Directing | Eliza Kowalewska | First Assistant Director |
Writing | Marek Najbrt | Screenplay |
Sound | Jakub Čech | Sound |
Production | Grzegorz Madej | Producer |
Production | Jaroslav Kučera | Co-Producer |
Crew | Sławomir Chełstowski | Stunts |
Art | Martin Vácha | Graphic Designer |
Art | Aleš Najbrt | Graphic Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Králová | Costume Design |
Art | Zuzana Lednická | Graphic Designer |
Camera | Jan Baset Střítežský | Camera Operator |