The Collector (2005 film)

2005 Polish film

The Collector

Polish| Komornik
Directed by| Feliks Falk
Written by| Grzegorz Łoszewski
Produced by| Janusz Morgenstern, Pawel Mossakowski, Andrzej Serdiukow, Wlodzimierz Nideraus
Starring| Andrzej Chyra
Małgorzata Kożuchowska
Cinematography| Bartosz Prokopowicz
Music by| Bartłomiej Gliniak

Release date

* 7 October 2005 (2005-10-07)

Running time

| 100 minutes
Country| Poland
Language| Polish
Box office| $ 496 454[1]

The Collector (Polish: Komornik) is a 2005 Polish drama film directed by Feliks Falk. It was the Polish submission for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] Shooting for the film began in November 2004 and was completed on January 5, 2005. Shooting was taken in Warsaw and Wałbrzych.[3]

## Plot

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The "collector" of the title is Lucjan Bohme, a bailiff employed to collect debts for a court in the town of Wałbrzych.[4][5] He carries out his job with ruthless efficiency until a meeting with a former girlfriend, now struggling to bring up her child, leads him to question his attitudes.[6]

## Cast

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* Andrzej Chyra – Lucjan Bohme
* Małgorzata Kożuchowska – Anna Zenke
* Kinga Preis – Gosia Bednarek
* Grzegorz Wojdon – Jasiek Marczak
* Jan Frycz – Chudy
* Sławomir Orzechowski – Wiśniak
* Marian Dziędziel – Horst
* Marian Opania – Robert Chełst

## Awards

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At the 30th Gdynia Film Festival in 2005, The Collector won the Golden Lions for the best film.

In 2006, the film turned out to be the undisputed winner of the Polish Film Awards — it won seven Eagles.

The film also won the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.

## References

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1. ^ "The Collector (2005)". Box Office Mojo.
2. ^ "Review: 'The Collector'". Variety. 15 December 2005.
3. ^ Komornik | Film | 2005 (in Polish), retrieved 2022-06-28
4. ^ "The Collector". Cineuropa. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
5. ^ "Komornik (The Collector)". Eye Cinema. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
6. ^ "30th Gdynia Festival of Polish Feature Films". KINO.

## External links

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* The Collector at IMDb

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Polish Academy Award for Best Film

* Historia kina w Popielawach (1999)
* The Debt (2000)
* Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2001)
* Cześć Tereska (2002)
* The Pianist (2003)
* Zmruż oczy (2004)
* The Wedding (2005)
* The Collector (2006)
* Plac Zbawiciela (2007)
* Katyń (2008)
* 33 Scenes from Life (2009)
* Reverse (2010)
* Essential Killing (2011)
* Rose (2012)
* Obława (2013)
* Ida (2014)
* Gods (2015)
* Body (2016)
* Volhynia (2017)
* Cicha noc (2018)
* Cold War (2019)
* Corpus Christi (2020)
* Kill It and Leave This Town (2021)
* Quo Vadis, Aida? (2022)
* EO (2023)
* Green Border (2024)
* The Girl with the Needle (2025)

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Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1963–1975|

* Knife in the Water (1963)
* Passenger (1964)
* Pharaoh (1966)
* Matthew's Days (1968)
* Everything for Sale (1969)
* The Taste of Black Earth (1970)
* Family Life (1971)
* Pearl in the Crown (1972)
* Copernicus (1973)
* The Deluge (1974)
* The Promised Land (1975)

1976–2000|

* Nights and Days (1976)
* Camouflage (1977)
* Death of a President (1978)
* The Maids of Wilko (1979)
* Olympics 40 (1980)
* Man of Iron (1981)
* Yesterday (1985)
* Axiliad (1986)
* Hero of the Year (1987)
* A Short Film About Love (1988)
* Kornblumenblau (1989)
* Korczak (1990)
* The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
* All That Really Matters (1992)
* Squadron (1993)
* Three Colours: White (1994)
* Crows (1995)
* At Full Gallop (1996)
* Love Stories (1997)
* Pan Tadeusz (1999)
* Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)

2001–present|

* Quo Vadis (2001)
* Edi (2002)
* Pornografia (2003)
* The Welts (2004)
* The Collector (2005)
* Retrieval (2006)
* Katyń (2007)
* Tricks (2008)
* Reverse (2009)
* All That I Love (2010)
* In Darkness (2011)
* 80 Million (2012)
* Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
* Ida (2014)
* 11 Minutes (2015)
* Afterimage (2016)
* Spoor (2017)
* Cold War (2018)
* Corpus Christi (2019)
* Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
* Leave No Traces (2021)
* EO (2022)
* The Peasants (2023)
* Under the Volcano (2024)

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