The Devil from Seventh Grade
The faithful adaptation of an everlasting adventure-detective teenage classic. 1930s. A Frenchman arrives at Iwo Gąsowski’s manor near Vilnius and insists on buying an indebted property together with a neglected house. When the owner refuses to sell it, the old door disappear. And another one, and another… High school professor Piotr Gąsowski, a historian, asks Adam Cisowski – his most clever and famous for his detective achievements student – for help in solving the mystery of the puzzling robberies at his brother’s house. It has all started with a letter found in 1936 in Paris and written by Kamil de Berier, a Colonel in the Napoleon’s army, who during the retreat from Moscow left clues leading to a hidden treasure.
Written by: Kazimierz Tarnas (based on the book by Kornel Makuszyński)
Director of photography: Zdzisław Najda
Music by: Krzesimir Dębski
Production design by: Andrzej Haliński
Costume design by: Maria Wiłun
Editing: Jacek Stanclik
Cast: Bartosz Fajge (Adam Cisowski), Katarzyna Bator (Wanda Gąsowska), Wojciech Malajkat (Professor Gąsowski), Krzysztof Globisz (Iwo Gąsowski), Katarzyna Pypno (Zosia), Tomasz Koźlik (Staszek Burski), Krystyna Tkacz (Mrs. Antoniow, houskeeper), Justyna Sieńczyłło (Mrs. Cisowski), Emilian Kamiński (doctor Cisowski), Maria Kaniewska (priest’s houskeeper), Halina Rowicka (Mrs. Gąsowski), Leon Niemczyk (Leon, servant), Lech Ordon (priest Kazuro), Henryk Talar (professor)
Production manager: Łukasz Rogalski
Produced by: Polish Television Film Agency
Executive producer: STI Studio Filmowe
Producer: Teresa Dworzecka, Mirosław Warchoł
World sales: Telewizja Polska S.A.- Biuro Współpracy Międzynarodowej i Handlu
