{mosimage}The Christening (Chrzest) is the story of a criminal who betrays his accomplices and moves to Warsaw, where he starts a new business and a family. He invites his brother to the baptism of his child in order to persuade him to fill in as father and husband when revenge comes.
The shooting took place in summer 2009, and the production wrapped with an explosion scene filmed in the military unit in Kazuń.
The Polish company ODEON Film Studio (www.odeon.com.pl) is debuting as a producer with this title. The total budget of the film is PLN 2 million (€510,000), half of it financed by the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl). The Christening is co-produced by Wrona, No Problem - Krzysztof Krawczyk (www.noproblem.com.pl) and the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Directing (www.wajdaschool.pl).
Production contact:
ODEON Rybarczyk Productions
{mosimage}Rakowiecka 4
02-519 Warsaw
tel.: (+4822) 646 69 00
fax.: (+4822) 646 78 91
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Production Company - Studio Filmowe Odeon
Producer - Leszek Rybarczyk, Marek Rudnicki
Co-production - Marcin Wrona, No Problem - Krzysztof Krawczyk, Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy
Film współfinansowany przez Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Production management - Magdalena Jóźwiak, Marek Rudnicki
Crew:
Director - Marcin Wrona
Scriptwriters - Grzegorz Jankowski, Grażyna Trela, Dariusz Glazer
Cinematographer - Paweł Flis
Editing - Piotr Kmiecik
Set design - Dorota Łacek-Gorczyca
{mosimage}Costumes - Katarzyna Śródka
Nake-up - Beata Matuszczak
Cast:
Tomasz Schuchardt - Janek
Wojciech Zieliński - Michał
Natalia Rybicka - Magda (żona Michała)
Adam Woronowicz - Gruby (szef mafii)
Michał Koterski - Łysy (prawa ręka Grubego)
Paweł Tomaszewski - Wyżelowany (członek mafii)
Krzysztof Czeczot - Dres (członek mafii)
Robert Jurczyga - Czarny Podkoszulek (członek mafii)
Andrzej Franczyk - ojciec Michała
Iwonna Bielska - matka Magdy
Sławomir Rokita - ojciec Magdy
Mikołaj Kałucki - Adaś
Klaudia El Dursi - żona Grubego
Ola Radwańska - Agata, matka chrzestna
