The Accidental Sportsman

A brilliant comedy of errors which continues to amuse the audience
despite the passing decades. Main roles feature one of the greatest
comedians of all times, Adolf Dymsza, a leading screen heart-throb,
Aleksander Żabczyński, and the first vamp of Polish cinema, Ina Benita.
It is one of the final pre-war films, its premiere took place already
during World War II.
So far we have only known the re-edited and
significantly shortened American version of the film. Now we are
watching a digitally restored copy complemented with nearly ten minutes
of material not known to the post-war audience.

directed by Mieczysław Krawicz
written by Jan Fethke , Napoleon Sądek
script and dialogues by Ludwik Starski
director of photography Jakub Joniłowicz
cameraman Stanisław Wohl
light effects by Feliks Maliniak
production design by Stefan Norris
set decoration by Józef Galewski
music by Henryk Wars
lyrics by Ludwik Starski
sound by K. Jankowski
make-up by Konrad Narkiewicz
produced by Libkow-Film
producer Marek Libkow
obsada Ina Benita (Lili, córka Madeckich), Adolf Dymsza (Dodek Czwartek, fryzjer), Aleksander Żabczyński (Jerzy Piątek, hokeista z Kanady), Józef Orwid (prezes Melchior Madecki, właściciel fabryki Metal), Helena Buczyńska (Madecka), Ludwik Sempoliński (baron Drops, właściciel fabryki Tekstyl), Halina Doree (Idalia, sekretarka Dropsa), Stanisław Woliński (Jan, kamerdyner), Wojciech Ruszkowski (detektyw hotelowy Dżems), Henryk Małkowski (Kulka, właściciel sklepu sportowego), Roman Dereń (właściciel zakładu fryzjerskiego), Jerzy Lasocki (fryzjer Adaś, kolega Dodka), Wojciech Trojanowski (sprawozdawca radiowy), Aleksander Bogusiński (dyrektor hotelu), Stanisław Grolicki (uczestnik zebrania), Michał Pluciński (Stefan, przyjaciel Jerzego), Kazimierz Opaliński , Zdzisław Motyka (instruktor sportowy), Jerzy Sulima-Jaszczołt (fryzjer), Jadwiga Bukojemska (klientka Dodka), Klemens Mielczarek (pracownik Madeckiego)