What the Sun Saw

What the Sun Saw

2006•1h 47m•4.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.1/10(7)

Three strangers living in Silesia - a 12-year-old half-orphan, a musically talented girl and a middle-aged unemployed ex-miner - are all desperate to get money to make their small dreams come true.

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Production

Filmcontract, Telewizja Polska, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

Language

PL

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Damian Hryniewicz

Damian Hryniewicz

Seba

Dominika Kluźniak

Dominika Kluźniak

Marta

Krzysztof Stroiński

Krzysztof Stroiński

Józef

Tomasz Sapryk

Tomasz Sapryk

Seba's Father

Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak

Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak

Józef's wife

Kinga Preis

Kinga Preis

Brunette

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