Crown Witness

– Blacha (Robert Wieckiewicz), an ex-middleman in the criminal underground, is the key witness in an e..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 37 Minutes
Release Year:
2007
Original Name:
Swiadek koronny
Crown witness (2007) - Also known as Swiadek koronny

Blacha (Robert Wieckiewicz), an ex-middleman in the criminal underground, is the key witness in an enormous Pruszkow mafia bust. As such he is kept under lock and key hidden away from the world. Intent on getting an interview with the ex-gangster is Marcin Kruk (Pawel Malaszynski), whose pregnant wife was collateral damage in a mafia car-bomb several years back with Blacha being his main suspect. Fortunately Blacha holds Marcin's journalistic work in very high regard, hence agrees to an exclusive interview in a secluded hotel in the Hel peninsula. There he retreads his criminal life...

Release Date:

02 Feb 2007

Language:

Polish

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Jaroslaw Sypniewski, Jacek Filipiak, Michal Gazda

Writer:

Artur Kowalewski (segment), Piotr Pytlakowski (segment), Wojciech Tomczyk

Main Actors:

Pawel Malaszynski, Robert Wieckiewicz, Malgorzata Foremniak, Urszula Grabowska

Plot:

An investigate crime reporter meets at a hotel for a taped interview with a big time gangster who has turned state's witness and says that he's started a new, legitimate life. What the gangster doesn't know is that a bomb that he planted to kill a fellow gangster accidentally killed the reporter's pregnant wife years ago, and the reporter isn't about to reveal this to the gangster until the time is right.

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.2/10