Laugh all the way to the bank.
As Poland is placed under martial law in 1981, two confidence tricksters try to evade both the police and the army. They become embroiled in a web of schemes engineered by the secret service, fellow criminals and the democratic resistance.
Poland Poland
Cezary Pazura Borys Szyc Bogusław Linda Jan Nowicki Edward Linde-Lubaszenko Ewa Gawryluk Janusz Józefowicz Bartłomiej Topa Mirosław Zbrojewicz Michał Milowicz Michał Piela Gabriela Całun Tomasz Sapryk Olaf Lubaszenko Roman Bugaj Sławomir Sulej Krzysztof Kiersznowski Ryszard Chlebuś Piotr Dąbrowski Janusz Stokłosa Grzegorz Skrzecz Aleksandra Maj Grzegorz Warchoł Jacek Kopczyński Wojciech Dmochowski
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