Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street

Jan 15, 2016

1h 52m

★ 6.1

Overview

The story of Fabian, who at the end of the 1950s returns from England to Poland. Together with a group of eccentric musicians, he forms a big band, which becomes a huge success after its first performance. The star of the band, and soon Fabian's sweetheart, becomes the seductive and mysterious Modesta. The king and queen of swing set off on a crazy tour of Poland. Their life, although reality does not favor it, begins to resemble, a Hollywood movie. This raises the interest of the relevant services.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Telewizja Polska

Agora

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

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Cast

Fabian Apanowicz

Maciej Stuhr

Wanda Apanowicz-Patras

Sonia Bohosiewicz

Modesta Nowak

Natalia Rybicka

Bayerowa

Anna Dymna

Felicjan Zuppe

Wojciech Pszoniak

Stypa

Wiktor Zborowski

Habertas

Adam Ferency

Dr. Garfinkel

Władysław Kowalski

Dr. Cyryl Vogt

Jerzy Schejbal

Secretary of Kusiak

Agnieszka Michalska

Jan Boryssowski

Marian Opania

Adjutant

Arkadiusz Detmer

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