My Nikifor
Mój Nikifor
Release: 2004-07-29
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.8
Drama
History
In 1960s Krynica, veteran artist Włosiński’s orderly life is disrupted when local outsider Nikifor - deaf, mute, and dismissed as a harmless eccentric - arrives at his studio and begins painting his naïve masterpieces. Their unlikely friendship transforms both men, sparking a late-life creative and personal rebirth that reshapes Włosiński’s world and finally earns Nikifor recognition for his singular talent.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Canal+ Polska
Telewizja Polska
Studio Filmowe Zebra
Cast
Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska
as Nikifor's Housekeeper
Ewa Wencel
as Director of 'Zacheta'
Krystyna Feldman
as Nikifor Krynicki
Roman Gancarczyk
as Marian Wlosinski
Jowita Budnik
as Cleaning Lady Kowalska
Lucyna Malec
as Hanna Wlosinska
Artur Steranko
as Doctor Rosen
Marian Dziędziel
as Beekeeper Ferek
Crew
Bartłomiej Gliniak
Original Music Composer
Dorota Roqueplo
Costume Design
Paweł Mossakowski
Producer
Krzysztof Krauze
Director, Writer
Juliusz Machulski
Producer
Magdalena Dipont
Production Design, Set Decoration
Krzysztof Szpetmański
Editor
Krzysztof Ptak
Director of Photography
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Casting, Writer