Edi | |
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Directed by | Piotr Trzaskalski |
Written by | Piotr Trzaskalski Wojciech Lepianka |
Produced by | Piotr Dzięcioł |
Starring | Henryk Gołębiewski Jacek Braciak Jacek Lenartowicz Aleksandra Kisio Dominik Bąk Grzegorz Stelmaszewski |
Cinematography | Krzysztof Ptak |
Edited by | Cezary Kowalczuk |
Music by | Wojciech Lemański |
Production company | Opus Film |
Distributed by | Opus Film SPI International |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Box office | $1,310,652 [1] |
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