{mosimage}Hel is a story of a psychiatrist whose life is disrupted when his grown up son is administered to the psychiatric ward where he works. The title refers to the location where part of the movie was filmed.

A psychological drama Hel was initially a Zebra Film Studio production, with plans to start shooting two years ago. In the course of pre-production, the film was taken over by Polish Studio Filmowe KALEJDOSKOP (www.kalejdoskop.art.pl) represented by Zbigniew Domagalski as the producer. The studio brought Czech production company In Film Praha to the project, and filming took place in February and March, 2009.

"The budget of the movie is 2 million PLN (€440,000) , with 1.35 million PLN ( €300,000) in financing from the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl)," Zbigniew Domagalski from KALEJDOSKOP told FNE. "About 20% of the budget is provided by the Czech producer In Film Praha," he added.


The movie is a cinema feature debut for Kinga Dębska, who started her career as journalist and documentary filmmaker. The cast of Hel changed in the course of the last two years. The final list includes a new lead actor Paweł Królikowski, Lesław Żurek, star Czech actress Anna Geislerova (winner of the last four Czech Lions for the Best Actress), and Magda Biegańska.


Credits:

Director: Kinga Dębska
Scriptwriter: Kinga Dębska
Director of Photography: Wojciech Staroń
Production Designer: Marek Zawierucha
Producer: Zbigniew Domagalski
Production Company: Studio Filmowe KALEJDOSKOP
Co-producer: Rudolf Biermann, In Film Praha
Supported by Polish Film Institute

Cast:

Paweł Królikowski
Anna Geislerova
Lesław Żurek
Magda Biegańska
Bartosz Żukowski
Monika Kwiatkowska-Dejczer
Katarzyna Cynke
Janusz Chabior
Bartłomiej Topa
Anna Gornostaj
Przemysław Bluszcz
Henryk Talar