Back Then (2021)
Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their married life. He is an intelligent constantly humiliated by the state, he also makes his own moonshine after work and silently envies his prosperous brother in law. She is the leader of the "Solidarity" union at work, with the need for freedom and a dream to get out of Poland. The real adventure for the family starts when they manage to get their dream orange Fiat 126p. Ela and Tadek discover their appetite for trading and trips abroad, and the growing Marta will fall in love for the first time.
Director:
Kinga Dębska
Writer:
Kinga Dębska
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Kinga Preis as Elżbieta Makowska |
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Adam Woronowicz as Tadeusz Makowski |
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Ewa Wiśniewska as Grandma |
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Barbara Papis as Marta Makowska |
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Alicja Warchocka as Kasia Makowska |
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Milena Lisiecka as Grażyna |
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Przemysław Bluszcz as Mietek |
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Katarzyna Kwiatkowska as Lucyna |
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Rafał Rutkowski as Zenek |
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Dorota Landowska as Waitress Halina |
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Barbara Dziekan as Human resource manager |
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Agnieszka Przepiórska as Saleswoman in the furniture store |
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Marcin Bosak as PE teacher |
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Olgierd Jaworski as Maciek |
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Klara Bielawka as Customs officer (I) |
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Cezary Łukaszewicz as Department head |
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Magdalena Biegańska as Krysia |
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Zbigniew Paterak as Zbyszek |
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Grażyna Zielińska as Trader Leokadia |
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Gabriella Imre as Flight attendant |
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Sławomir Smoczyński as Customs officer (II) |
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Dorottya Diósy as Customs officer (III) |
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Alexandra Bata-Bocian as Airport worker |
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Natalia Samojlik as Airplane passenger |
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Zoltán Gergely as Waiter |
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Olgierd Trokowski as Artek |
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Małgorzata Czok as Friend (I) |
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Nikola Dobrzycka as Friend (II) |
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Michał Milusz as Peti |
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Rafał Osiecki as Border officer |
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Jacek Łuczak as Thin man |
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Barbara Zielińska as Fat lady |
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Barbara Dembińska as Woman |
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Szabolcs Szilva as Hungarian |
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Marek Lipski as Man in the trunk |
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Mateusz Michnikowski as Jake / Actor |
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Zuzanna Szamocka as Jessica / Actress |
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Renata Osiecka as Woman selling at the bazaar |
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Zbigniew Domagalski as Man of the saturator |
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Marek Madej as Expert commentator (voice) |
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Paweł Wyszomirski as Voice-over artist in the TV Show (voice) |
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Krzysztof Borkowski as Pilot (voice) |
| Directing | Kinga Dębska | Director |
| Production | Alina Trybiło-Falana | Casting Director |
| Crew | Danuta Malipan | Script |
| Art | Anna Bieniek | Interior Designer |
| Camera | Andrzej Wojciechowski | Director of Photography |
| Art | Wojciech Żogała | Production Design |
| Production | Leszek Pieszko | Production Manager |
| Production | Maciej Ostoja-Chyżyński | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Bartosz Karczyński | Editor |
| Production | Rafał Osiecki | Co-Producer |
| Production | Włodzimierz Niderhaus | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ewa Kowalewska | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emilia Czartoryska | Costume Designer |
| Production | Zbigniew Domagalski | Producer |
| Production | Olga Śmiechowicz | Consulting Accountant |
| Sound | Leszek Freund | Sound |
| Production | Gniewko Falana | Casting Associate |
| Crew | Krzysztof Skonieczny | Vehicles Coordinator |
| Sound | Michal Novinski | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Łukasz Borowiecki | Songs |
| Sound | Łukasz Borowiecki | Musician |
| Writing | Artur Andrus | Lyricist |
| Sound | Artur Andrus | Vocals |
| Sound | Monika Borzym | Vocals |
| Sound | Jacek Wiśniewski | Foley Recordist |
| Writing | Kinga Dębska | Screenplay |