Jack Strong (film)
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| Directed by | Władysław Pasikowski |
| Written by | Władysław Pasikowski |
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| Cinematography | Magdalena Górka |
| Edited by | Jaroslaw Kaminski |
| Music by | Jan Duszynski |
Production company | Scorpio Studio |
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| Country | Poland |
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| Box office | $ 7 002 827[1] |
Jack Strong is a 2014 Polish political thriller film directed by Władysław Pasikowski, starring Marcin Dorociński, Maja Ostaszewska, Dagmara Dominczyk and Patrick Wilson. The film is based on the true story of Ryszard Kukliński, a Polish People's Army colonel who spied for the American Central Intelligence Agency during the height of the Cold War.
Cast
[edit]- Marcin Dorociński as Ryszard Kukliński
- Maja Ostaszewska as Hania Kuklińska, Ryszard's wife
- Piotr Nerlewski as Bogdan Kukliński, son of Hanna and Ryszard
- Józef Pawłowski as Waldemar Kukliński, son of Hanna and Ryszard
- Patrick Wilson as David Forden, CIA Operations Officer
- Dagmara Domińczyk as Sue, CIA Operative
- Oleg Maslennikov as Viktor Kulikov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Ilja Zmiejew as general Szernienko
- Mirosław Baka as major Putek
- Krzysztof Globisz as General Florian Siwicki, Polish People's Army
- Paweł Małaszyński as Dariusz Ostaszewski
- Dimitri Bilov as Sasha Ivanov
- Krzysztof Pieczyński as Zbigniew Brzeziński, United States National Security Advisor
- Paweł Iwanicki as Walczak
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as colonel Gendera
- Ireneusz Czop as Marian Rakowiecki
- Piotr Grabowski as agent of counterintelligence
- Krzysztof Dracz as General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish People's Army
- Eduard Bezrodniy as Oleg Penkovsky
- Antoni Barłowski as Kowalik
- Michalina Olszańska as Iza
Filming
[edit]Photography started in January 2013. The film was shot in the offices of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces and in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Legnica, Washington D.C. and Moscow.[citation needed]
Release
[edit]The film was released in Poland on February 7, 2014.[2] The film was released in the United Kingdom and in Ireland on February 14, 2014.[3] The film was released in the United States on July 24, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand by Level 33 Entertainment.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jack Strong (2014)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (March 7, 2014). "'Jack Strong': Polish Spy Thriller Shows Muscle At Local Box Office". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ Polish Film Institute (2014). "Jack Strong in the UK and Ireland". Polish Film Institute. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ Unknown (2015). "Jack Strong". Apple Trailers. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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