How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

2022•3h 5m•6.6/10

CrimeActionDrama

Ratings

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6.6/10(201)

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.

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Production

Open Mind Production

Language

PL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Tomasz Włosok

Tomasz Włosok

Nikodem 'Nikos' Skotarczak

Aleks Kurdzielewicz

Young Nikodem Skotarczak

Antoni Królikowski

Antoni Królikowski

'Komo'

Agnieszka Grochowska

Agnieszka Grochowska

Milena 'Czarna'

Magdalena Lamparska

Magdalena Lamparska

Halina Ostrowska

Krystyna Janda

Krystyna Janda

Rita

Klaudiusz Kaufmann

Klaudiusz Kaufmann

Karl

Eryk Lubos

Eryk Lubos

'Kleks'

Sebastian Fabijański

Sebastian Fabijański

'Silvio'

Julia Wieniawa

Julia Wieniawa

Nikita

Mikołaj Kubacki

Mikołaj Kubacki

Piotr Kamcz

Dawid Ogrodnik

Dawid Ogrodnik

Andrzej

Janusz Chabior

Janusz Chabior

"Magi"

Anna Czartoryska

Anna Czartoryska

Teresa w wieku 30 lat

Rafał Mohr

Rafał Mohr

"Czuły Roman"

Edyta Herbuś

Edyta Herbuś

Magda

Ewelina Pankowska

Ewelina Pankowska

Gabrysia

Andrzej Grabowski

Andrzej Grabowski

Trener rugby / Sprzedawca na stadionie Lechii Gdańsk

Piotr Cyrwus

Piotr Cyrwus

Kapitan Marek Spinacz

Klara Bielawka

Klara Bielawka

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