Jak pokochalam gangstera

SOLID 8!!(almost a 9!!) Why? Read about this below: This movie is really well made , filmed, dosent look at any moment cheap or " just made " because of it , the creators put alot thought in this and you can see it.

Acting very good from all actors ( Main actor has a new Fan in me , gonna check out his other work for sure ) Camera work/different/changing(that warehouse camera work excellent !!) angles and capturing moments/pictures excelent Capturing feelings, moods and showing it through video is fantastic like when he takes the first time cocaine etc When he opens the door at the Gala, and then stands there in front of his wife and his old apartment as his younger himself, I felt that! Been through a lot in a 3 hours long film , I felt that nostalgic moment 'what a different life it was back then' Loved the symbolic usage in this movie like that the last window is fake/only decoration ( a peaceful night with a moon and a endless lake / the end for him ) and it's on a brick wall , so he can't escape anymore like previously before , it's the end of the road. And there is many of sympolic scenes in this.

You couldn't end the movie better , it ends on a positive feeling despite showing him dead ( real footage ) I think the creators did the family justice with this . What I didn't like that much: first and only that's why it isn't a straight 9 on my list!!

-Why do the native Germans don't speak Fluent German? ( me as polish/German ) bothered this so much!! , and this mistake could be so easy to be avoid ( especially when it's a big part of the story what is based on real life ) only the Police Defective guy was speaking German Okey'ish. ( wish I would understand German for that time , big no go )

-The Downfall came a little quick

Other then that 3 hours or not if you like crime/gangster movies this is a TREAT!!

( ah yes before I forget THE music, freakinggggg great fits in every scene, perfect symbiosis between picture and music )

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Others have commented on the plot, acting and other aspects of moviemaking, so I'll discuss the backdrop. Much of the movie spans the 1970s through the 1990s in Poland and most of that time, the country was under a Communist government, but you'd hardly know it.

It is true that Poland practiced a slightly softer version of Communism than say, East Germany or the Soviet Union. It is also true that the image of the well functioning Communist state was built on lies, there was plenty of corruption, crime networks existed and there were the illicit rich. Having said that, the state was still all powerful in Communist countries and anyone of any means had to bribe and cajole members of the party and security apparatus to maintain their status. Yet this is hardly shown at all in the movie.

That aside, it's still a good and entertaining, if a times bizarre, flick.

If they wanted to flesh out the story so much, they should have just made it a mini series. The film has serious timing issues and gets tiring after an hour. Acting was good but the screenplay didn't do the actors any favours. The characters often felt one note and not like actual human beings, that exist outside of their relation to Nikos. I usually don't mind breaking the fourth wall for exposition but they really overused it. When it comes to relatioships beetwen characters, they should stick to "show don't tell" in the future...

In my opinion this is a very good movie. Great music. Great production. Very long but also very interesting story. I hope more polish movies will be on such good level of production quality and story-telling as this movie is. It was a pleasure to watch this movie. Wlosak and Fabianski played their roles very natural and convicingly. I don't know the true story. I don't care. The movie is awasome!

Apart from the blatant rip off of an origional gangster movie when they played golden brown it was OK.... I was lost for the first hour then again inbetween. Overall.....OK. .......................................................................