Our Folks: The Beginning

Feb 16, 2024

1h 58m

★ 5.8

Overview

Pawlak and Kargul – the protagonists of the cult-favourite trilogy “Our Folks” – had been neighbours in a village in Podolia before they ended up in the Recovered Territories. Even then, it was one explosive neighbourhood.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

History

Production Companies

CK Dezerterzy

Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny

TVN Warner Bros. Discovery

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

Sanit Trans

Our Folks: The Beginning Trailers

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Cast

Kazimierz Pawlak

Adam Bobik

Władysław Kargul

Karol Dziuba

Mania Ziębicka

Weronika Humaj

'Nechajka' Słobodzian

Paulina Gałązka

Pecynicha

Anna Dymna

Pecyn

Adam Ferency

Stanisław Ziębicki

Mirosław Baka

Kacper Pawlak

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Wincenty Kargul

Janusz Chabior

Maria Pawlak

Katarzyna Krzanowska

Ziębicka

Agnieszka Suchora

Priest Środa

Wojciech Malajkat

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