Kingsajz (1988)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Juliusz Machulski

Writers:

Jolanta Hartwig (writer)
Juliusz Machulski (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

A comedy. The story follows a young scientist in the contemporaryworld, who actually came from the world of dwarves...

Plot Keywords:

Miniature People | Shrinking | Miniaturization | Giant | Gulliver

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jacek Chmielnik	...	Olgierd Jedlina
Jerzy Stuhr	...	Nadszyszkownik Kilkujadek
Katarzyna Figura	...	Ala
Grzegorz Herominski	...	Adas
Joachim Lamza	...	Zyl
Maciej Kozlowski	...	Was
Jan Machulski	...	Kwintek
Leonard Pietraszak	...	Kramerko
Witold Pyrkosz	...	Bombalina
Liza Machulska	...	Ewa
Beata Tyszkiewicz	...	Lady
Wiktoria Padlewska	...	Young Lady
Leon Charewicz	...	Gil
Bronislaw Wroclawski	...	Pycio
Halina Machulska	...	Ewa's Mother
Marek Walczewski	...	Ala's Father
Zdzislaw Kuzniar	...	Man with Polocockta
Slawomir Krynski	...	Guest
Józef Jaworski	...	TV Reporter
Tadeusz Dalek	...	Guard
Ryszard Mróz	...	Doctor
Rafal Olejnik	...	Medic
Elzbieta Jasinska	...	Shop Boss
Zofia Plewinska	...	Shop-assistant
Ryszard Kotys	...	Nosacz
Mariusz Saniternik	...	Boy
Jan Pawel Kruk	...	Mushroom (as Pawel Kruk)
Zbigniew Bielski	...	Dealer
Olgierd Lukaszewicz	...	Catch
Zbigniew Szczapinski	...	Ghost
Wlodzimierz Musial	...	Bartender
Wojciech Skibinski	...	Speaker
Wieslaw Wieremiejczyk	...	Hangman
Juliusz Lubicz-Lisowski	...	Old Brownie
Stanislaw Jaskulka	...	Debtor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Malgorzata Foremniak	...	Girl
Juliusz Machulski	...	A man in the train

Directed by
Juliusz Machulski

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jolanta Hartwig		writer
Juliusz Machulski		writer

Original Music by
Krzesimir Debski

Cinematography by
Jerzy Debski

Film Editing by
Miroslawa Garlicka

Art Direction by
Janusz Sosnowski

Set Decoration by
Wieslawa Chojkowska
Ewa Tarnowska

Costume Design by
Malgorzata Braszka

Makeup Department
Katarzyna Foltynska	....	assistant makeup artist
Liliana Galazka	....	makeup artist
Monika Szczepanska	....	assistant makeup artist
Malgorzata Zawadzka-Lewik	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ewa Jastrzebska	....	assistant production manager
Zofia Pospiech	....	second production manager
Andrzej Soltysik	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bozena Michalska	....	second director
Pawel Plucinski	....	assistant director
Krzysztof Rogala	....	second director
Leszek Rybarczyk	....	assistant director

Art Department
Barbara Kosecka	....	assistant art director
Zbigniew Olejniczak	....	props
Leszek Rybarczyk	....	assistant art director
Wojciech Saloni-Marczewski	....	second art director
Krzysztof Stefankiewicz	....	second art director

Sound Department
Ryszard Jankowski	....	assistant sound director
Marek Wronko	....	sound
Henryk Zastrózny	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Zbigniew Modej	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Zdzislaw Najda	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Bulkiewicz	....	assistant costume designer
Izabella Izbinska	....	assistant costume designer
Barbara Mielniczek-Olejniczak	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Aurelia Rut	....	assistant to editor
Izabela Zubiel	....	assistant to editor

Other crew
Malgorzata Kielbik	....	accountant

Production Companies

• Zespól Filmowy "Kadr"

Also Known As:

King Size

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Color:

Color

Company:

Zespól Filmowy "Kadr"

one of the freakiest but best movies I've seen

I don't know what it is about Communism and its impact on Polish minds, but any art influenced by a hatred of it comes out awesome. Kingsajz (King Size) is another one of Machulski's satirical masterpieces. Though this movie is brilliant and slightly eerie without any background info, the insider jokes, mainly made at the expense of, you guessed it, the much hated Communist regime, will make you laugh. The movie takes absurd ideas, like soda that is actual a secret formula for un-shrinking, and little people living in a room stacked with old card catalogs, and puts them together into a philosophical movie with a very cliche yet disturbing ending.