Overview

The life of Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988) - stonemason, docker, sailor, actor, screenwriter and writer - is a collection of anecdotes on the one hand, and a string of overwhelming events on the other. As a juvenile shoemaker he was sent to a reformatory, as a railroad thief - to prison, and as a laborer - to a quarry in the God's Gift mine. The film uses interviews with Jan Himilsbach, excerpts from films featuring him, the song "Happiness, Where Are You," for which he wrote the lyrics, and autobiographical novellas set in Minsk Mazowiecki.

Top Cast

Jan Himilsbach

Self

Cezary Kosiński

Dziki Jaś

Z

Zbigniew Domagalski

Ksiądz

Adam Dzienis

Żołnierz

J

Jolanta Mrotek

Policjantka Mańka Pędzel

A

Adrian Sulik

Mały Himilsbach

Modest Ruciński

Żołnierz