25-08-2009

Janosik To Roll Out With Premiers Across Central Europe

By FNE Staff with special reporting by Kasia Grinienko

    WARSAW: The long awaited Janosik. A True Story, directed by Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik, will have gala premieres across Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic beginning August 26.

    The Polish -Slovak - Czech - Hungarian co-production, based on one of the most legendary characters of the traditional culture shared by the four countries, will premiere within the upcoming weeks in ---- three territories. On 26 August the world premiere celebration will take place in Nowy Sącz, a city in the Polish region of Małopolska which was strongly engaged in this project. On 4 September the movie will open in Polish cinemas with 115 prints as well as have its Slovak premiere with a gala hosted in Au-Park multiplex cinema in Bratislava. The Czech grand opening will take place on 9 September and on 10 September Janosik opens in cinemas in Slovakia with 17 prints and the Czech Republic with 38 prints. The Hungarian premier is still to come and the date will be announced later.

    The movie is one of the most awaited film events not only because it is the biggest co-production of this type in the Cent-East Europe region, but also because it joins the four countries with it's theme. The movie evolves around the story of a famous Slovakian robber Janosik, a Robin Hood-type character in the Slav tradition. His story has been brought to the screen six times, one of which was a very popular Polish television series directed by Jerzy Passendorfer in 1974.

    Over the next two days, FNE looks at the making of Janosik and its impact across the region, through an interview with producer Dariusz Jabłoński.

    www.janoski-film.pl is the Polish website for the film

    Production Information:
    PRODUCTION: Apple Film Production (www.applefilm.pl)

    Contact: +4822 851 8440

    CO-PRODUCTION: In Film, Telewizja Polska S.A. (www.tvp.pl), Charlie's,
    Eurofilm Studio (www.eurofilm.hu), HBO Central Europe (www.hbo-centraleurope.com)
    CO-FINANCING: PISF (www.pisf.pl), Slovak Ministry of Culture (www.sfu.sk)
    DISTRIBUTION Syrena Films (Poland) (www.syrenafilms.com) GARFIELD (SLOVAKIA) BIOSCOPE (CZECH REPUBLIC)

    Directing: Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik
    Script: Eva Borušovičová
    Cinematography: Martin Štrba
    Music: Antoni Łazarkiewicz
    Set design: František Lipták, Marek Zawierucha
    CosTumes: Anita Hroššová, Magdalena Tesławska
    Montage: Michał Czarnecki, Marek Kráľovský
    Sound: Krzysztof Jastrząb
    Production manager: Paweł Bareński, Norma Kralovska
    Producers: Dariusz Jabłoński, Rudolf Biermann, Violetta
    Kamińska, Izabela Wójcik

    Cast

    Janosik Václav Jiráček
    Uhorczyk Ivan Martinka
    Huncaga Michał Żebrowski
    Margeta Maja Ostaszewska
    Zuzanna Katarzyna Herman
    Barbara Sarah Zoe Canner
    Anusia Táňa Pauhofová
    Babcia Janosika Danuta Szaflarska
    Szyposz Marian Dziędziel
    Gabor Eryk Lubos
    Baron Revay Rafał Maćkowiak
    Pierwszy Sędzia Maciej Kozłowski
    Matka Janosika Małgorzata Zajączkowska
    Lani Krzysztof Stroiński
    Satora Marek Probosz