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Jack Strong

  • 20142014
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  • 2h 8m
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Dagmara Dominczyk, Marcin Dorocinski, and Patrick Wilson in Jack Strong (2014)
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The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the Communist Bloc's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law.The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the Communist Bloc's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law.The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, informs Americans about the Communist Bloc's top secrets in the face of the upcoming martial law.

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  • Director
    • Wladyslaw Pasikowski
  • Writer
    • Wladyslaw Pasikowski
  • Stars
    • Marcin Dorocinski
    • Maja Ostaszewska
    • Patrick Wilson
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  • Director
    • Wladyslaw Pasikowski
  • Writer
    • Wladyslaw Pasikowski
  • Stars
    • Marcin Dorocinski
    • Maja Ostaszewska
    • Patrick Wilson
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 14 nominations

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    Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Józef Pawlowski, and Piotr Nerlewski in Jack Strong (2014)
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    Marcin Dorocinski and Patrick Wilson in Jack Strong (2014)
    Marcin Dorocinski in Jack Strong (2014)
    Patrick Wilson in Jack Strong (2014)
    Dagmara Dominczyk, Marcin Dorocinski, and Patrick Wilson in Jack Strong (2014)
    Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, and Patrick Wilson in Jack Strong (2014)
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    Dagmara Dominczyk and Marcin Dorocinski in Jack Strong (2014)
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    Marcin Dorocinski
    Marcin Dorocinski
    • Jack Strongas Jack Strong
    Maja Ostaszewska
    Maja Ostaszewska
    • Haniaas Hania
    Patrick Wilson
    Patrick Wilson
    • Danielas Daniel
    Dimitri Bilov
    • Iwanovas Iwanov
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    • Sueas Sue
    Oleg Maslennikov
    Oleg Maslennikov
    • Kulikovas Kulikov
    Ireneusz Czop
    Ireneusz Czop
    • Rakowieckias Rakowiecki
    Miroslaw Baka
    Miroslaw Baka
    • Putekas Putek
    Zbigniew Zamachowski
    Zbigniew Zamachowski
    • Genderaas Gendera
    Christoph Pieczynski
    Christoph Pieczynski
    • Brzezinskias Brzezinski
    • (as Krzysztof Pieczynski)
    Zbigniew Stryj
    Zbigniew Stryj
    • Skalskias Skalski
    Pawel Malaszynski
    Pawel Malaszynski
    • Ostaszewskias Ostaszewski
    Krzysztof Globisz
    Krzysztof Globisz
    • Siwickias Siwicki
    Krzysztof Dracz
    Krzysztof Dracz
    • Jaruzelskias Jaruzelski
    Józef Pawlowski
    Józef Pawlowski
    • Waldekas Waldek
    Piotr Nerlewski
    • Bogdanas Bogdan
    Pawel Iwanicki
    • Walczakas Walczak
    David Wurawa
    David Wurawa
    • Wiliamsas Wiliams
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      • Wladyslaw Pasikowski
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      • Wladyslaw Pasikowski
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    This gripping spy thriller tells the true story of a man who dares to challenge the Soviet empire. While planning the maneuvers of the Warsaw Pact forces, Polish army colonel Ryszard Kuklinski has access to top secrets. He gets to know that the American nuclear counterattack against Soviet forces is planned to be executed on Polish territory. Thanks to his determination, he starts a long, lonely and psychologically exhausting cooperation with CIA. From that very moment the life of his family and his own is in constant danger as one careless move may lead to tragedy. —Anonymous
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    • Genre
      • Thriller
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      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      Pistol that central character uses near end of film is (accurately) the P-64 9mm Makarov. As he approaches the door of his house, he racks the slide. He thus proves an important fact about this firearm now widely sold in the US to civilians, viz. that it is dangerous to carry it with a round in the chamber. It does not have a firing pin block and will accidentally discharge if dropped on its muzzle.
    • Soundtracks
      Beata z Albatrosa
      Lyrics by Adam Kreczmar

      Music by Jan Adam Laskowski

      Performed by Nocny Koncert: D. Truszkowksi, M. Mackowska, M. Bramorski, A. Kowalczyk, M. Kajper

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    8/10
    A real life Polish spy thriller set during the heart of the Cold War
    During the Cold War, Russia's subjugation of Poland created an incongruous situation for the Polish army, forced in part to comply with Moscow policy. For officers like Ryszard Kuklinski (Marcin Dorocinski) the day-to-day became a battle of conscience in an effort to compromise between raw moral choices with no ideal solutions. Kuklinski, a strategic planner in the Warsaw Pact, feels guilt for his part played in the planning of the Czechoslovakian invasion and for the army handling of the 1970 Polish protests. Looming under the genuine threat of a third world war, he also realises that Poland would become a nuclear wasteland if such a war were ever realised. Kuklinski decides that he can best serve his country only indirectly by undermining the USSR and takes the difficult decision to supply top secret information to the American CIA.

    Ever since the second world war, we've had spy movies ranging from the glamour of James Bond, the wild fantasies of The Ipcress Files, to the dogged intricacies of Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy. But stories from the former 'block' nations have the potential to possess dark, suffocating, foreboding qualities, that may not be entirely new to the spy genre in itself, but feel greatly heightened by their personal touch, because they are telling the stories of ordinary men or women, forced to make extraordinary choices. The Lives of Others (Germany 2006) is one such movie that comes to mind, or even Barbara (Germany 2012) (Technically Barbara is a story of defection rather than spying, but it shares similar qualities).

    There is a level of detail outlining the way Kuklinski passed over information to, and communicated with, his American counterparts that really brings the spy world to life in this movie. Sure it has some run-of-the-mill thriller clichés and plot devices: close calls while taking clandestine photos; unwanted guests arriving in at awkward moments; equipment failures, etc., but we give the movie liberty knowing that it is but a dramatisation condensed to encapsulate the overarching dangers the real life character would have had to face and endure over those years. The tone, the pacing, the scoring, help create a movie that echoes the genuine moral dilemmas Kuklinski must face, striving to deal with the contradictions that greet him on a daily basis. At the time it really would have been a tug-of-war of the conscience and heart; not wanting to be a traitor to his army, but not wanting to inflict harm to his countrymen, while at the same time unable to ignore the whim and will of Moscow, these conflicting influences tear at the soul of our protagonist – least not to mention how they influence and affect his marriage and family life. The simple but effective score plays like a heartbeat thunderously building in anxiety, mounting to an ever inevitable climax. Strong performances all round help create the paranoid world of the foreboding Cold War.

    This is a strong and tight thriller, part enlightening in exposing the complicated relationship between Russia and its satellite states, but most of all it is a personal story of how one man can find himself trapped between circumstance, having no clear or easy choice, only heart, and perseverance in moral direction.
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    • Release date
      • July 24, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Official site
      • Official site (Poland)
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Джек Стронг
    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production company
      • Scorpio Studio
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,002,827
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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