02-09-2019

PRODUCTION: Polish Maciej Bochniak Shoots Magnesia

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    Magnesia by Maciej Bochniak Magnesia by Maciej Bochniak photo: Kino Świat

    WARSAW: Maciej Bochniak is currently shooting Magnesia. The feature film produced by Aurum Film will be a mix of a detective story, comedy and western. The music will be composed by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won an Academy Award for Marc Foster’s Finding Neverland (2004).

    The story is set in the Polish-Soviet borderland, at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. After the death of the gang leader and head of the family, the power in the criminal Lewenfisz clan passes into the hands of his daughter, Róża. Together with her sisters, she continues her father's shady business and does everything to resist the growing Soviet bandits, led by a conservative Lew.

    Maciej Bochniak co-wrote the script together with Mateusz Kościukiewicz. The cast of popular actors includes Maja Ostaszewska, Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Dawid Ogrodnik, Magdalena Boczarska and Agata Kulesza.

    The shooting started at the beginning of July and will last till the end of September 2019.

    The budget is 2.2 m EUR / 9.7 m PLN, of which 501,000 EUR / 2.5 m PLN is covered by production support from the Polish Film Institute.

    Kino Świat will release the film domestically. The premiere is planned for 2 October 2020.

    Production Information:

    Producer:
    Aurum Film (Poland)
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    Credits:
    Director: Maciej Bochniak
    Screenwriters: Maciej Bochniak, Mateusz Kościukiewicz
    DoP: Paweł Chorzępa
    Costumes: Dorota Roqueplo
    Music: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
    Cast: Maja Ostaszewska, Andrzje Chyra, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Dawid Ogrodnik, Magdalena Boczarska, Agata Kulesza