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The Crown Witness

The Crown Witness

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 2, 2007

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime, Romance

User Score

51%

Original Title

Świadek koronny

Production Companies

TVN Group

Director

Jarosław Sypniewski

Revenue

$4,891,205

Description

Blacha, 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, 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...