Big Shar

The master of card-sharping, called Wielki Szu (the Big Shar), is released from prison. He tries to begin a new, honest life in a provincial town but soon he gives in temptation and re-enters a high-rate game. He is accompanied by a young taxi driver, a pupil who gets to know the arcana of card-sharping.

“Wielki Szu” (“Big Shar”) is the cinema hit of 1983.

Written by: Jan Purzycki
Director of photography: Jerzy Stawicki
Music by: Andrzej Korzyński
Production design by: Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Costume design by: Alicja Wasilewska
Make-up by: Grażyna Wojnowska
Sound by: Ryszard Patkowski
Editing by: Krzysztof Osiecki
Cast: Jan Nowicki, Andrzej Pieczyński, Dorota Pomykała, Leon Niemczyk, Karol Strasburger, Grażyna Szapołowska, Bożena Baranowska
Production manager: Zbigniew Tołłoczko
Produced by: Zespół Filmowy Kadr
Copyright: Studio Filmowe Kadr