ICARUS

cast
Dawid Ogrodnik (Mietek Kosz), Cyprian Grabowski (Young Mietek Kosz), Justyna Wasilewska (Zuza), Wiktoria Gorodeckaja (Marta), Piotr Adamczyk (Bogdan Danowicz), Mikołaj Chroboczek (Gutek), Jowita Budnik (Agata Kosz), Maja Komorowska (Proffesor Aniela), Grzegorz Mielczarek (Marian Wolski), Jacek Koman (Stanisław Kosz), Michał Filipiak (Włodek)

Inspired by the true story of the blind piano genius, Mieczylaw Kosz. As a child, Mietek (Mieczyslaw) loses his eyesight, and his mother places him in The Educational Center in Laski outside of Warsaw, a one-hundred-year-old school for the visually impaired. There he discovers music and finds that it is his way coping with the world. Mietek develops into an excellent classical pianist, but when he discovers jazz, he has only one goal: to become the best jazz pianist in Poland. He becomes more and more successful, not only in Poland, but around the world. He wins the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Unexpectedly, a charismatic vocalist, Zuza, walks into his life, a meeting that will change his life forever.

MACIEJ PIEPRZYCA

Born in 1964 in Katowice. Director and scriptwriter. Graduated in Journalism from the Silesian University in Katowice (1989) and in Film Directing from the Radio and TV Department at the same University (1993). In 1990 he completed the Screenwriting Study program at the National Film School in Łódź. Recipient of many awards.

FILMOGRAPHY
2019                Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza)
2018                Raven. Whispers Heard After the Dark (Kruk. Szepty słychać po zmroku) – TV series
2016                I’m a Killer (Jestem mordercą)
2015                Prosecutor (Prokurator) – TV series
2013                Life Feels Good (Chce się żyć)
2008                Splinters (Drzazgi)
2006                The Criminals. The Silesian Mission (Kryminalni. Misja Śląska) – TV
2005                St. Barbara’s Feast (Barbórka) – TV
2004-08           The Criminals (Kryminalni) – TV series
2002-10           Just Life (Samo życie) – TV series
2001                Inferno
1999-2013       For Better and Worse (Na dobre i złe) – TV series
1998                I’m a Killer (Jestem mordercą) – documentary
1990                Different (Inna) – documentary