Train for Hollywood

1987 1h 32m PL

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 12

Comedy

Synopsis

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A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind. They become friends sharing their dreams of going to Hollywood. One day she finds a goldfish trapped in a beer bottle: she sets her free and makes three wishes, not for herself but for her friends. To her surprise all of them come true. As a reward she gets a long awaited call from Billy Wilder. Written by Polish Cinema Database

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Katarzyna Figura
Mariola "Merlin" Wafelek
Piotr Siwkiewicz
Peter
Rafał Węgrzyniak
Raphael
Jerzy Stuhr
Director Zdzich
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Millionaire Zhenya
Krystyna Feldman
Mrs. Krysia, guard at Dream Factory No. 1
Barbara Grochmalska
Helen, Merlin's sister
Józef Lipski
Accordionist

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Radosław Piwowarski
Writers: Radosław Piwowarski
Languages: Polish
Countries: Poland

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1 / 5

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Katarzyna Figura and Piotr Siwkiewicz and Rafał Węgrzyniak carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093752 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Radosław Piwowarski directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in Polish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Katarzyna Figura and Piotr Siwkiewicz and Rafał Węgrzyniak carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0093752 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.