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Big Shar [1982] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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An entertaining story about a professional gambler
Review date: 2007-11-09 Rating: 10 out of 10
"Wielki Szu" (Big Shar) is an entertaining story about a professional gambler. The movie is directed by Sylwester Checinski, who is most famous for his 1967 classic comedy "Sami Swoi." "Wielki Szu" is a serious film that takes on a much different tone than the film that made him famous. The venue for this film is communist Poland in the 1980s.
The main character is Wielki Szu (Jan Nowicki), who can outwit nearly anyone in cards and is a winner of most games. The story begins with Wielki Szu being released from prison. Returning home to his beautiful wife (Grazyna Szapolowska), he does not receive a warm welcome. His wife berates him and dismisses his pleas that he has changed. For all of his cleverness and control over his environment, Wielki Szu is reminded that he can't always win.
The card shark wants to start a new life without gamboling, but fate deals him cards that make him reluctantly return to his old ways. He uses the only tricks he knows, reaping big rewards, and an equal amount of loathing from the losers.
Wielki Szu meets a young cab driver, aspiring to become rich with card tricks. The cab driver learns a few tricks from the master, but he is more ambitious than his actual skills, which sets him up for trouble. Between the trouble the master and the apprentice cause for others, we have an entertaining film worth watching.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Andrzej Pieczynski
Dorota Pomykala
Karol Strasburger
Jan Nowicki
Leon Niemczyk
Creators:
Jan Nowicki (Primary Contributor)
Andrzej Pieczynski (Primary Contributor)
Jerzy Stawicki (Cinematographer)
Krzysztof Osiecki (Editor)
Jan Purzycki (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Polart
Manufacturer: Polart
EAN: 0644527605098
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC,
Release date: 2007-01-30
Universal product code (UPC): 644527605098
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 96 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1982
Language: Polish (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)