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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Day of the Big Fish
1997 1h 9m PL
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7.3
SOLID
★7.3TMDB · 3
Drama
Synopsis
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A mature man recalls his youthful love and comes to the town where he once met a woman who was important to him. However, it is hard to turn back time.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jan Peszek
Jan
Joanna Brodzik
Irena
Jan Wieczorkowski
Jan w młodości
Beata Tyszkiewicz
mecenasowa Zofia
Anna Majcher
recepcjonistka w hotelu, żona "Prezesa"
Artur Barciś
kolejarz, hodowca kwiatów
Jan Frycz
"Prezes"
Roman Kłosowski
teść "Prezesa"
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Andrzej Barański
- Countries
- Poland
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Andrzej Barański directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Poland.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Jan Peszek and Joanna Brodzik and Jan Wieczorkowski carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0116156 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 69 min · 1h 9m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- PL
Also by
Andrzej Barański
Production companies
Who made it
Telewizja Polska
PL
Key crew
- CinematographyKrzysztof Ptak
- Executive ProducerPaweł Rakowski
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1996-09-17· Gdynia Film Festival
- Theatrical1997-05-29
