The Great Warsaw Race

2026•1h 50m

DramaActionHistory

A story about a young jockey dreaming of a sports career. These dreams culminate in the most important event in Poland — The Great Warsaw Race. Krzysiek enters the horse-racing world with the naivety of a novice and enthusiast. Only after some time does he realize that races are a network of dependencies, powerful interests, and manipulation of results.

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Production

MTL Maxfilm, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Artrama

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

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Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Tomasz Ziętek

Krzysiek

Marcin Bosak

Omar

Tomasz Kot

Lewandowski

Agnieszka Żulewska

Irena

Mary Pawłowska

Ewa

Mirosław Kropielnicki

Major

Tomasz Sapryk

Pelt

Ireneusz Czop

Kajetan Salomon

Andrzej Konopka

Kapalski

Piotr Trojan

Sagan

Adam Bobik

Szymon Kukla

Kamil Pudlik

Jan Kowalewski

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