Go Against the Flow
Second half of the 1970s. A few teenagers from the town of Ustrzyki Dolne, led by a charismatic and undisciplined student of the local school, Siczka, decided to become punks and get into punk rock. They start a band called KSU. They make rebellious music, at the same time transplanting elements of the London ‘punk culture’ onto the grounds of the shabby region. The boys’ activities get noticed by the Security Service. During Siczka’s interrogation, officer Jerzy Majak makes it clear to him that there is no place for any ‘punk’ in Ustrzyki Dolne. The Security Service launches Operation Razor to smash the band…
written by: Doman Nowakowski, Wiesław Paluch
director of photography: Artur Żurawski
music: Eugeniusz “Siczka” Olejarczyk
production design: Dorota Sławecka
costume design: Kaja Rogacz
make up: Cezary Kostrzewski
sound: Mikołaj Tyrakowski
edited by: Olga Bejm
casting by: Marta Wojciechowicz
cast: Zuzanna Galewicz, Ignacy Liss, Wiktoria Kruszyńska, Piotr Głowacki
production: Superconic Production
producers: Tadeusz Król, Wiesław Paluch
co-produced by: Telewizja Polska, Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, CineLine EDelivery
production manager: Michał Lipski
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
distributed by: TVP Dystrybucja Kinowa
