- Director
Jacob Dammas ... - Producer
Jacob Dammas ... - Production company
graniza polska ... - Director of photography
Helge Renner - Editor
Jacob Dammas ... - IDF Events
2010 Doc Launch ... - Financial Support
Polish Film Institute (PISF) MEDIA Programme of the European Union Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Danish Film Institute / Filmworkshop Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung ZFF
Polish Illusions
Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, 2012, 85 min, 60 min, HD, Creative, Society
A multi-plot story about an American pilot who has ‘gone wild East’ in Poland, his young Polish apprentice, and an aging magician fighting for his career. All three men try to find their place in a time of change in small-town Poland.
Darłowo is a typical Polish seaside resort, but some of its inhabitants are not typical at all. Mark Buller (51), a retired US Army helicopter pilot, has settled here in search of freedom. He has bought a nice house with property large enough for his army truck collection. The only thing that is missing in his life is a wife.
Mark finds help in young local Michał (20), alias ‘Mike’, who dreams of leaving to a far-away country like ‘America’. Instead America has come to Mike, and Mike accompanies the American in his search for a wife as Mark’s friend, translator and driver. Eventually young Mike has to reconsider his own future in the town.
For almost 50 years Jan Konstantynow (82), alias ‘Lucjano’, has been a part of Darłowo’s cultural programme. But the aging, yet stubborn, magician must face that the times have changed. His stage, the local culture house, has been taken over by a new director who favors more contemporary forms of entertainment than the slightly forgotten art of illusions.
While Mark, Mike and Jan are struggling to find their place in the town, Darłowo is going through a time of modernization. New ways of tourism have replaced fishing and farming as the main source of income.
Darłowo is a typical Polish seaside resort, but some of its inhabitants are not typical at all. Mark Buller (51), a retired US Army helicopter pilot, has settled here in search of freedom. He has bought a nice house with property large enough for his army truck collection. The only thing that is missing in his life is a wife.
Mark finds help in young local Michał (20), alias ‘Mike’, who dreams of leaving to a far-away country like ‘America’. Instead America has come to Mike, and Mike accompanies the American in his search for a wife as Mark’s friend, translator and driver. Eventually young Mike has to reconsider his own future in the town.
For almost 50 years Jan Konstantynow (82), alias ‘Lucjano’, has been a part of Darłowo’s cultural programme. But the aging, yet stubborn, magician must face that the times have changed. His stage, the local culture house, has been taken over by a new director who favors more contemporary forms of entertainment than the slightly forgotten art of illusions.
While Mark, Mike and Jan are struggling to find their place in the town, Darłowo is going through a time of modernization. New ways of tourism have replaced fishing and farming as the main source of income.
Director:
Jacob Dammas, Helge Renner
Producer:
Helge Renner, Jacob Dammas
Editor:
Jacob Dammas, Helge Renner
Music:
Martin Bennebo, Marek Biliński, Hipolit Woźniak
Director of photography:
Helge Renner
Screenplay:
Helge Renner, Jacob Dammas
Sound:
Witek Roy Zalewski, Jacob Dammas
Languages:
English, German, Polish
Subtitles:
English, German, French, Polish
graniza polska
(Production company)
Grochowska Street 341/80
03-822 Warszawa, Poland graniza deutschland (Production company) Eisenbahnstrasse 8
10997 Berlin, Germany graniza denmark (Production company) Flensborggade 34, 2.TV
1669 Copenhagen V, Denmark ARTE G.E.I.E. (Broadcaster involved) 4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France TVP S.A. - Telewizja Polska (Broadcaster involved) ul. J.P. Woronicza 17
00-999 Warsaw, Poland Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Broadcaster involved) Kantstr. 71 - 73
D-04275 Leipzig, Germany
03-822 Warszawa, Poland graniza deutschland (Production company) Eisenbahnstrasse 8
10997 Berlin, Germany graniza denmark (Production company) Flensborggade 34, 2.TV
1669 Copenhagen V, Denmark ARTE G.E.I.E. (Broadcaster involved) 4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France TVP S.A. - Telewizja Polska (Broadcaster involved) ul. J.P. Woronicza 17
00-999 Warsaw, Poland Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Broadcaster involved) Kantstr. 71 - 73
D-04275 Leipzig, Germany
Doc Launch 2010
East European Forum 2006East European Stand at Sunny Side of the Doc East Silver 2011Ex Oriente Babies Ex Oriente Film 2006
Hot Docs 2012, Canada
Polish Film Institute (PISF)
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Danish Film Institute / Filmworkshop
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
ZFF
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Danish Film Institute / Filmworkshop
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
ZFF
