The Collector (2005 film)

The Collector (Polish: Komornik) is a 2005 Polish drama film directed by Feliks Falk. It was the Polish submission for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] Shooting for the film began in November 2004 and was completed on January 5, 2005. Shooting was taken in Warsaw and Wałbrzych.[3]

The Collector
PolishKomornik
Directed byFeliks Falk
Written byGrzegorz Łoszewski
Produced byJanusz Morgenstern, Pawel Mossakowski, Andrzej Serdiukow, Wlodzimierz Nideraus
StarringAndrzej Chyra
Małgorzata Kożuchowska
CinematographyBartosz Prokopowicz
Music byBartłomiej Gliniak
Release date
  • 7 October 2005 (2005-10-07)
Running time
100 min
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office$ 496 454[1]

Plot

The "collector" of the title is Lucjan Bohme, a bailiff employed to collect debts for a court in the town of Wałbrzych.[4][5] He carries out his job with ruthless efficiency until a meeting with a former girlfriend, now struggling to bring up her child, leads him to question his attitudes.[6]

Cast

Awards

At the 30th Gdynia Film Festival in 2005, The Collector won the Golden Lions for the best film.

In 2006, the film turned out to be the undisputed winner of the Polish Film Awards — it won seven Eagles.

The film also won the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.

References
  1. "The Collector (2005)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "Review: 'The Collector'". Variety. 15 December 2005.
  3. Komornik | Film | 2005 (in Polish), retrieved 2022-06-28
  4. "The Collector". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. "Komornik (The Collector)". Eye Cinema. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. "30th Gdynia Festival of Polish Feature Films". KINO.
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