The Crown Witness(2007)
Blacha, an ex-middleman in the criminal underground, is the key witness in an enormous Pruszkow mafia bust. As such he is kept under lock and key hidden away from the world. Intent on getting an interview with the ex-gangster is Marcin Kruk, whose pregnant wife was collateral damage in a mafia car-bomb several years back with Blacha being his main suspect. Fortunately Blacha holds Marcin's journalistic work in very high regard, hence agrees to an exclusive interview in a secluded hotel in the Hel peninsula. There he retreads his criminal life...
Movie: The Crown Witness
Top 10 Billed Cast
Marcin Kruk
Jan "Blacha" Blachowski
Paweł Sikora
Mira Blachowska
Iwona Filska
Małgorzata Sarnecka
Władysław Różycki "Skalpel"
Jarosław Kowalik "Kowal"
Andrzej Basiak "Mnich"
Roman Kraus "Szybki"
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Blacha, an ex-middleman in the criminal underground, is the key witness in an enormous Pruszkow mafia bust. As such he is kept under lock and key hidden away from the world. Intent on getting an interview with the ex-gangster is Marcin Kruk, whose pregnant wife was collateral damage in a mafia car-bomb several years back with Blacha being his main suspect. Fortunately Blacha holds Marcin's journalistic work in very high regard, hence agrees to an exclusive interview in a secluded hotel in the Hel peninsula. There he retreads his criminal life...
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2007-02-02
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