Komornik (eng subs) [2005] Feliks Falk

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Komornik (2005)

The Collector


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Lucek Bohme, a successful repo man, has a crisis of faith, character, and existence in Feliks Falk's Komornik.

Andrzej Chyra ... Lucek
Ula Bogucka ... Alinka
Krzysztof Dracz ... Romanski
Marian Dziedziel ... Horst
Jan Frycz ... Chudy
Mieczyslaw Grabka ... Prokurator
Lech Gwit ... Kolodziejski
Zuzanna Helska ... Kolodziejska
Pawel Iwanicki ... Abramow
Ewa Kania ... Secretary
Dariusz Kowalski ... Zenke
Malgorzata Kozuchowska ... Anna
Cezary Lukaszewicz ... Marczak
Marian Opania ... Chelst
Arkadiusz Orpinski

Lucek walks into people's homes or businesses (or hospitals) and repossesses their valuables because they haven't paid their dues to the government. Even though he's acting on behalf of a court order, he suffers the brunt of popular resentment because he's perceived as the face of a hated, faceless entity. After all, it's easier to focus one's anger on an active, known individual than on a passive, intangible group. Although he's not as sleazy and corrupt as the bureaucrats around him are—or perhaps because of it—everyone, other than the bureaucrats he does the dirty work for, hates him.

Lucek has a simple philosophy. He works with maximum efficiency and peace of mind because he is wholly detached from his job. Instead of getting emotionally involved in the lives of his "victims", he maintains a cold, impressive objectivity. Despite Lucek's attempts to stay objective, he cannot do so because he belongs to the same world as the people whose repossessions he carries out: as a human, as a Pole, as a Catholic, etc. Therefore, Lucek can never be as objective as he wants to be; objectivity is inhuman. He can only keep up a self-delusion of objectivity and detachment for as long as he is able to subdue his feelings of compassion and guilt. When those feelings take over, however, Lucek breaks down.

Berlin International Film Festival
2006 Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Panorama Feliks Falk

Polish Film Awards
2006 Won Audience Award Feliks Falk
2006 Won Eagle Best Actor (Najlepsza Glówna Rola Meska) Andrzej Chyra
2006 Won Eagle Best Actress (Najlepsza Glówna Rola Kobieca) Kinga Preis
2006 Won Eagle Best Director (Najlepsza Rezyseria) Feliks Falk
2006 Won Eagle Best Film (Najlepszy Film) Janusz Morgenstern
2006 Won Eagle Best Production Design (Najlepsza Scenografia) Anna Wunderlich
2006 Won Eagle Best Screenplay (Najlepszy Scenariusz) Grzegorz Loszewski
2006 Nominated Eagle Best Editing (Najlepszy Montaz) Krzysztof Szpetmanski
2006 Nominated Eagle Best Film Score (Najlepsza Muzyka) Bartlomiej Gliniak

Polish Film Festival
2005 Won Best Actor Andrzej Chyra
2005 Won Best Cinematography Bartosz Prokopowicz Tied with Artur Reinhart for Jestem (2005).
2005 Won Best Screenplay Grzegorz Loszewski
2005 Won Best Supporting Actress Kinga Preis
2005 Won Golden Lion Feliks Falk