Ula

May 28, 2023

1h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

‘This is the cradle of our beloved music. We need to verify our skills there’, said Michał Urbaniak to Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak to convince her to go and conquer the US with him. The film is a recording of the fascinating and tumultuous journey reported from off-screen by the artist herself.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Telewizja Polska

Agencja Reklamowa Koma 2

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Cast

Self

Urszula Dudziak

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