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Himilsbach. Prawdy, bujdy, czarne dziury (2002)

Himilsbach. Prawdy, bujdy, czarne dziury (2002)

Documentary
Release Date: 2002, January 1
Directors: Stanisław Manturzewski, Małgorzata Łupina
Countries: Poland
Production: Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, Telewizja Polska
Cast: Cezary Kosiński, Modest Ruciński, Adam Dzienis, Jolanta Mrotek, Jan Himilsbach, Adrian Sulik

Overview:

The life of Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988) - stonemason, docker, sailor, actor, screenwriter and writer - is a collection of anecdotes on the one hand, and a string of overwhelming events on the other. As a juvenile shoemaker he was sent to a reformatory, as a railroad thief - to prison, and as a laborer - to a quarry in the God's Gift mine. The film uses interviews with Jan Himilsbach, excerpts from films featuring him, the song "Happiness, Where Are You," for which he wrote the lyrics, and autobiographical novellas set in Minsk Mazowiecki.