IKAR. LEGENDA MIETKA KOSZA

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

Inspired by real events, the story of a blind piano genius. Mietek loses his sight as a child. His mother puts him under the care of nuns in Laski. In a center for the blind, the boy discovers that music can become a way for him to see and tell the world anew. Mietek becomes a great classical pianist. However, when he discovers jazz – he has only one goal: to become the best jazz pianist in Poland. It is becoming more and more successful, not only in the country, but also in the world. He wins the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. In his life, a charismatic singer unexpectedly appears. This meeting will change his life.

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 (Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosza)
2018 Raven. Whispers Heard After the Dark (Raven. Whispers can be heard after dark)
– TV series 2016 I’m a
Killer 2015
Prosecutor – TV series 2013
Life Feels Good 2008 Splinters
2006 The Criminals. The Silesian Mission (Kryminalni. Mission of
Silesia) – TV 2005 St. Barbara’s
Feast (Barbórka) – TV 2004-08
The Criminals – TV series 2002-10 Just Life – TV series
2001 Inferno
1999-2013 For Better and Worse – TV series
1998 I’m a Killer – documentary
1990 Different (Inna) – documentary