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The Crown Witness
The Crown Witness

The Crown Witness

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DramaActionThrillerCrimeRomance

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Blacha, an ex-middleman in the criminal underground, is the key witness in an enormous Pruszkow mafia bust. As such he is kept under lock and key hidden away from the world. Intent on getting an interview with the ex-gangster is Marcin Kruk, whose pregnant wife was collateral damage in a mafia car-bomb several years back with Blacha being his main suspect. Fortunately Blacha holds Marcin's journalistic work in very high regard, hence agrees to an exclusive interview in a secluded hotel in the Hel peninsula. There he retreads his criminal life...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$4891205

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

02 February 2007

Country

Poland

Cast

Paweł Małaszyński

Paweł Małaszyński

Marcin Kruk

Robert Więckiewicz

Robert Więckiewicz

Jan "Blacha" Blachowski

Artur Żmijewski

Artur Żmijewski

Paweł Sikora

Małgorzata Foremniak

Małgorzata Foremniak

Mira Blachowska

Urszula Grabowska

Urszula Grabowska

Iwona Filska

Alicja Dąbrowska

Alicja Dąbrowska

Małgorzata Sarnecka

Szymon Bobrowski

Szymon Bobrowski

Władysław Różycki "Skalpel"

Andrzej Grabowski

Andrzej Grabowski

Jarosław Kowalik "Kowal"

Andrzej Zieliński

Andrzej Zieliński

Andrzej Basiak "Mnich"

Maciej Kozłowski

Maciej Kozłowski

Roman Kraus "Szybki"

Krzysztof Globisz

Krzysztof Globisz

Robert Gazda

Janusz Chabior

Janusz Chabior

Ryszard Nowak "Rysiek"

Przemysław Bluszcz

Przemysław Bluszcz

"Lewar"

Paweł Burczyk

Paweł Burczyk

Arkadiusz K. "Żyła"

Bogdan Brzyski

Bogdan Brzyski

dentist

Anna Dereszowska

Anna Dereszowska

Laura Różycka

Monika Dryl

Monika Dryl

Marta Kruk

Katarzyna Herman

Katarzyna Herman

Magda Basiak

Maja Hirsch

Maja Hirsch

Iza

Marcin Juchniewicz

Marcin Juchniewicz

"Łysy"

Piotr Kaźmierczak

Piotr Kaźmierczak

"Mandżaro"

Michał Koterski

Michał Koterski

"Dzikus"

Andrzej Krukowski

Andrzej Krukowski

"Jankes"

Leszek Lichota

Leszek Lichota

Łukasz Ozga

Tomasz Nowak

Tomasz Nowak

"Żywy"

Janusz R. Nowicki

Janusz R. Nowicki

Zdzisław Pokrzywa-Lewiński

Wojciech Magnuski

Wojciech Magnuski

Andrzej Mastalerz

Andrzej Mastalerz

informant Edzio

Katarzyna Paczyńska

Katarzyna Paczyńska

Kasia Blachowska

Ildefons Stachowiak

Ildefons Stachowiak

sergeant Marciniak

Paweł Tucholski

Paweł Tucholski

receptionist

Anna Wojton

Anna Wojton

Ewa Kraus

Wojciech Zieliński

Wojciech Zieliński

Arkadiusz Cyganik "Cyga"

Kamil Maćkowiak

Kamil Maćkowiak

man killed by Sarnecka (uncredited)

Hanna Polk

Hanna Polk

waitress (uncredited)

Łukasz Simlat

Łukasz Simlat

man killed by Sarnecka (uncredited)

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