Jack Strong (film)
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| Directed by | Władysław Pasikowski |
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| Written by | Władysław Pasikowski |
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| Music by | Jan Duszynski |
| Cinematography | Magdalena Górka |
| Edited by | Jaroslaw Kaminski |
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| Country | Poland |
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Jack Strong is a 2014 Polish political thriller film directed by Władysław Pasikowski, starring Marcin Dorociński, Maja Ostaszewska, Dagmara Dominczyk and Patrick Wilson. The film is based on the true story of Ryszard Kukliński, a Polish Army colonel who spied for the American Central Intelligence Agency during the height of the Cold War.
Cast
- Marcin Dorociński as Ryszard Kukliński
- Maja Ostaszewska as Hania Kuklińska, Ryszard's wife
- Piotr Nerlewski as Bogdan Kukliński, son of Hanna and Ryszard
- Józef Pawłowski as Waldemar Kukliński, son of Hanna and Ryszard
- Patrick Wilson as David W. Forden, CIA Operations Officer
- Dagmara Domińczyk as Sue, CIA Operative
- Oleg Maslennikov as Viktor Kulikov, Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Ilja Zmiejew as general Szernienko
- Mirosław Baka as major Putek
- Krzysztof Globisz as General Florian Siwicki, Polish People's Army
- Paweł Małaszyński as Dariusz Ostaszewski
- Dimitri Bilov as Sasha Ivanov
- Krzysztof Pieczyński as Zbigniew Brzeziński, United States National Security Advisor
- Paweł Iwanicki as Walczak
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as colonel Gendera
- Ireneusz Czop as Marian Rakowiecki
- Piotr Grabowski as agent of counterintelligence
- Krzysztof Dracz as General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish People's Army
- Eduard Bezrodniy as Oleg Penkovsky
- Antoni Barłowski as Kowalik
Filming
Photography started in January 2013. The film was shot in General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Warsaw, Gdańsk, Legnica, Washington D.C. and Moscow.
Release
The film was released in Poland on February 7, 2014.[1] The film was released in the United Kingdom and in Ireland on February 14, 2014.[2] The film was released in the United States on July 24, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand by Level 33 Entertainment.[3]
References
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (March 7, 2014). "'Jack Strong': Polish Spy Thriller Shows Muscle At Local Box Office". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Polish Film Institute (2014). "Jack Strong in the UK and Ireland". Polish Film Institute. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ Unknown (2015). "Jack Strong". Apple Trailers. Retrieved August 7, 2015.