Plot Summary

The life of Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988) - stonemason, docker, sailor, actor, screenwriter and writer - is a collection of anecdotes on the one hand, and a string of overwhelming events on the other. As a juvenile shoemaker he was sent to a reformatory, as a railroad thief - to prison, and as a laborer - to a quarry in the God's Gift mine. The film uses interviews with Jan Himilsbach, excerpts from films featuring him, the song "Happiness, Where Are You," for which he wrote the lyrics, and autobiographical novellas set in Minsk Mazowiecki.

Movie Details

Original Title
Himilsbach. Prawdy, bujdy, czarne dziury
Status
released
Original Language
pl

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Production Companies

Agencja Produkcji Filmowej
Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
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