The Butler
Filip Bajon
2018, 2 h 30 minAfter his mother dies Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, is taken in by a Prussian aristocrat Gerda von Krauss. He is growing up in her palace. The daughter of the von Krausses, Marita, is the same age as he is. Love buds between the two. The boy’s godfather is Bazyli Miotke, a Kashubian patriot who fights in Versailles for Kashubia to have its place on the map of Poland, and goes on to build the symbol of its economic success, the City of Gdynia. The Treaty of Versailles grants Poland its independence but also makes the von Krauss family lose their property and influence. All the protagonists can feel that the world as they know it is about to change drastically. Hostility and hatred increase among the Kashubs, Poles and Germans. IIWW breaks out. In the Piaśnica Forest the Nazis murder civilians, which becomes the first genocide of this war.
written by Mirosław Piepka, Michał S. Pruski, Marek Klat
director of photography Łukasz Gutt
music Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
Kasiński
production design Zbigniew Dalecki, Paweł Jarzębski
costume design Małgorzata Braszka, Ewa Krauze, Małgorzata Gwiazdecka, Magdalena Bem, Izabela Stronias
make-up Mira Wojtczak, Ewa Drobiec
sound Mirosław Makowski, Piotr Pastuszak
edited by Milenia Fiedler
cast Janusz Gajos, Sebastian Fabijański, Anna Radwan, Adam Woronowicz, Marianna Zydek, Borys Szyc, Daniel Olbrychski, Łukasz Simlat, Kamilla Baar-Kochańska, Marcel Sabat, Sławomir Orzechowski, Diana Zamojska, Janusz Chabior, Mariusz Jakus
production Filmicon
producers Olga Bieniek, Mirosław Piepka
co-produced by Narodowe Centrum Kultury, Next Film, Eda Coffee Edward Łaskawiec, Bell PPHU Krzysztof Pałyska, Trójmiejskie Sklepy Merkus, Meron Tadeusz Meronk, TVP
executive producers Olga Bieniek, Mirosław Piepka
production manager Olga Bieniek
co-financed by Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Gmina Miasta Gdańsk, Gdyński Fundusz Filmowy, Urząd Marszałkowski Wojewodztwa Pomorskiego, Business Investment & Consulting, BAT
distributed by Next Film
