THE BUTLER

Genre: historical drama
Directed by: Filip Bajon
Script: Miroslaw Piepka, Michal S. Pruski, Marek Klat
Cinematography: Lukasz Gutt
Music: Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz
Edited by: Milenia Fiedler
Set decoration: Zbigniew Dalecki, Pawel Jarzebski
Producers: Olga Bieniek, Miroslaw Piepka
Production: Filmicon Film House
Year of production: 2018
Duration: 150 minutes

Cast: Janusz Gajos, Anna Radwan, Sebastian Fabijanski, Marianna Zydek, Adam Woronowicz, Slawomir Orzechowski

Awards:
2019 ‘Eagles’ (National Polish Film Award) in the following categories: Best set decorations (Pawel Jarzebski, Zbigniew Dalecki), Best costumes (Izabela Balinska, Ewa Krauze, Malgorzata Gwiazdecka, Malgorzata Braszka)
2018 ‘Golden Lions’: Best Leading Actor (Adam Woronowicz), ‘Silver Lions’ (Filip Bajon, Olga Bieniek Miroslaw Piepka) at the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia

‘The Butler’ is an epic tale of the tangled fates of Poles, Kashubians and Germans, inspired by true story, set against the turbulent events of the first half of the 20th century. Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, after the death of his mother, is taken in by a Prussian aristocrat, Gerda von Krauss (Anna Radwan). He grows up in a palace. The Treaty of Versailles that proclaims Poland an independent country also causes the von Krauss family to lose their estate and influence. Everyone feels that the world as they’ve known it is about to change in the most drastic way.