Destined for Blues

Aug 1, 2005

1h 41m

★ 7.3

Overview

The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs.

Genres

Drama

Music

History

Production Companies

CANAL+ Polska

Gambit Production

Telewizja Polska

Max-Film

Dżem sp.c.

Agencja Koncertowa Leszek Martinek

Sephia

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Cast

Ryszard Riedel

Tomasz Kot

Małgorzata 'Gola' Riedel

Jolanta Fraszyńska

Indianer

Maciej Balcar

Jan Riedel

Adam Baumann

Polowa

Anna Dymna

Krystyna Riedel

Joanna Bartel

Leszek Martinek

Przemysław Bluszcz

Paweł Berger

Benedykt Otręba

Adam Otręba

Jerzy Styczyński

Zbigniew Szczerbiński

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