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Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.
Keywords
based on novel or book
rags to riches
Casts
Adolf Dymsza
Nikodem Dyzma
Urszula Modrzyńska
Zula
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Gabryś
Kazimierz Fabisiak
Leon Kunicki
Ewa Krasnodębska
Nina Kunicka
Lech Madaliński
Colonel Wacław Wareda
Andrzej Bogucki
Minister Władysław Jaszuński
Edward Dziewoński
Jan Ulanicki
Stanisław Milski
Owsik
Kazimierz Wilamowski
Director Terkowski
Tadeusz Fijewski
Police Chief Jarec
Halina Dobrowolska
Kunicki's Daughter
Zygmunt Chmielewski
Chairman Artur Rakowiecki
Krystyna Ciechomska
Rakowiecka
Jerzy Bielenia
Singer
Antoni Biliczak
Bolesław Bolkowski
Seweryn Butrym
Editor
Adam Daniewicz
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Edmund Fetting
Guest
Aleksander Gąssowski
Prime Minister
Urszula Hałacinska
Lady at a Hotel European Party
Zbigniew Jabłoński
Director Wandryszewski
Emil Karewicz
Commisar Melonek
Lidia Korsakówna
Prostitute at Restaurant
Stanisław Kwaskowski
Man
Barbara Leleniewska
Woydyłło
Małgorzata Lorentowicz
Dobicińska
Karol Leszczyński
Party Guest
Zdzisław Lubelski
Restaurant Owner
Ludmiła Łączyńska
Lolita
Jan Łopuszniak
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Helena Makowska
Countess Czarska
Józef Matuszewski
Jerzy Michalewicz
Party Guest
Henryk Modrzewski
Clerk
Leon Niemczyk
Mr. Cox's Interpreter
Maria Nowotarska
Countess Koniecpolska
Janina Niczewska
Lady
Władysław Osto-Suski
Wilski
Kazimierz Pawłowski
Mr. Cox
Eugeniusz Solarski
Koborowo Party Guest
Jarema Stępowski
Counsellor in President's Office
Władysław Staszewski
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Janusz Ściwiarski
Sausage Seller
Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe
Lady (as Wanda Stanisławska)
Tadeusz Somogi
Lieutenant (as Tadeusz Samogi)
Zofia Szancerowa
Koborowo Party Guest
Józef Teryks
Koborowo Party Guest
Wladyslaw Olszyn
Government Member
Jerzy Walden
Ministry of Agriculture Employee
Lidia Wysocka
Singer
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Wareda's Man
Stefan Witas
Fashion Store Seller
Zygmunt Zintel
Ignacy
Stanisław Bareja
Kunicki's Butler (uncredited)
Maria Chwalibóg
Woman in a Bathtub (uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski
Thief (uncredited)
Mieczysław Gajda
Poor Man (uncredited)
Eugenia Herman
Dyzma's Secretary (uncredited)
Tadeusz Kożusznik
Officer at a Party (uncredited)
Czesław Lasota
Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)
Teresa Lipowska
Woman with the Thief (uncredited)
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Policeman (uncredited)
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Woman by the Bridge (uncredited)
Anna Lubienska
Duchess Korbut-Wielogłowska (uncredited)
Ludwik Pak
Man by the Bridge (uncredited)
Roman Polanski
Porter (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Man at the Bridge Steps (uncredited)
Henryk Rzętkowski
Wrestling Judge (uncredited)
Mieczysław Stoor
Accordionist (uncredited)
Zdzisław Szymański
Drunk Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Grain Bank Guard (uncredited)
Edward Wichura
Journalist (uncredited)
Lech Wojciechowski
Guest at Hotel European Party (uncredited)
Tadeusz Woźniak
Minister of Foreign Affairs (uncredited)
Ludwik Wytysiński
(uncredited)
Crews
Jan Rybkowski
Director
Ludwik Pełka
Assistant Camera
Zdzislaw Borowczyk
Assistant Camera
Julian Zwierzyński
Lighting Technician
Józef Galewski
Painter
Jerzy Harald
Conductor
Ludwik Starski
Screenplay
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Novel
Feliks Zakrzewski
Sound Assistant
Józef Tomporek
Sound Assistant
Włodzimierz Śliwiński
Unit Manager
Henryk Szlachet
Unit Manager
Henryk Strzebiecki
Unit Manager
Antoni Rosiak
Unit Manager
Henryk Hechtkopf
First Assistant Director
Hieronim Przybył
Assistant Director
Stanisław Bareja
Assistant Director
Konrad Paradowski
Assistant Director
Marian Zietkiewicz
Assistant Director
Halina Lachowicz
Assistant Director
Stanisław Loth
Additional Director of Photography
Franciszek Kądziołka
Additional Director of Photography
Marek Iwaszkiewicz
Assistant Production Design
Tadeusz Myszorek
Assistant Production Design
Jan Dobracki
Makeup Artist
Zbigniew Dobracki
Assistant Makeup Artist
Anna Śmiech
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zygmunt Szyndler
Production Manager
Tadeusz Karwański
Production Manager
Jerzy Harald
Music
Władysław Forbert
Director of Photography
Czesław Raniszewski
Editor
Anatol Radzinowicz
Production Design
Irena Nowicka
Costume Design
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design
Jan Czerwiński
Sound
Jan Radlicz
Sound
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