The Polka King (2017)
The Polka King (2017)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Where to Watch.
Subs
SubsCurrently The Polka King is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Jack Black
Jan Lewan
Jenny Slate
Marla Lewan
Jason Schwartzman
Mickey Pizzazz
Jacki Weaver
Barb
JB Smoove
Ron Edwards
Robert Capron
David Lewan
Willie Garson
Lonny
Vanessa Bayer
Bitsy Bear
Robert Macaux
Christopher
Mary Klug
Anita Krzyewski
Wallace Wolodarsky
Vince / Writer
Lew Schneider
Lou Laroue
Phyllis Kay
Marilyn
Richard Donelly
Stan Moetek
Kati Salowsky
Connie Klopski
Jordan Lloyd
Debra Johnson
Stuart Cornfeld
Producer
Rachel Annette Helson
Beauty Pageant Judge
Monica Levinson
Producer
Anthony Estrella
Presenter
Priyanka Mattoo
Producer
Melody Vasquez
Agent Ramirez
Randy Tow
Mr. Lee
Marilyn Busch
Sheila
Russell Gibson
Gorski
China Forbes
Grammy Reporter
Jim Boyd
Reporter
Portland Helmich
Anchorwoman
Bruce-Robert Serafin
Customer
Wendy Overly
Conga Woman
Jessica Baade
Trish
Keith Mascoll
Applesauce
Owen Burke
Prison Guard
Juani Feliz
PR Woman
Peter Ackerman
Priest
Irvin Wallace
Ruined Old Man
Michael Jibrin
Tyrone
Mickey Gilmore
Prison Guard
Leah Procito
Nurse
Alex Ziwak
Prison Inmate
Arthur Hiou
Security for Pope
Shawn Contois
Bus Driver
Brina
Dance Hall Patron
Brandon Scales
Prison Inmate
Anastasia Tsikhanava
Rock Star
Marybeth Paul
Pageant Contestant
Lara Pezza
Denny
Bella Moore
Polka Kid
Robert Marsella
Waiter / Performance Attendee
Angel Connell
Performance Attendee
Rob Lévesque
Jan Lewan Group
Lance Norris
Pizzeria Customer
Richard Pacheco
Performance Attendee / Polka Dancer
Leonel Severino
Celebrity on the Red Carpet
John Franchi
Performance Attendee
Kobi Polisky
Polka Child
Ted Sterner
Country Music Producer
Jed Griswold
Polka Dancer
Jeffery Kincannon
Performance Attendee
Suzanne Gillies
Security Agent
Harold Rudolph
Polka Dancer
Michele Mortensen
Polka Dancer
Benjamin James Chaplin
Teen Party Goer
Wendy Hartman
Wife Prison Visitor
Lino Tanaka
Doctor
Ron G. Young
Performance Attendee
Rich Rothbell
Uncle Rich / Polka Pro
Glenn W. Kane
Pope's Bodyguard
Tony Moreira
Prison Visitor
Kayla Kohla
Teenage Girl
Eric Berghman
Background Dancer
Alexa Hartman
Daughter Prison Visitor
Tony Jones
Basketball Playing Prisoner
Mary Jane Brennan Sangiolo
Dance Hall Patron
Kevin Paul Healey
Ed
Steve Provizer
Polka Band Musician
Luke Nelson
Pope Visitor
Pasquale Dalessio
Bus Tour Group
Frank Cacciola
Polka Dancer (uncredited)
Joe Cali
Tourist (uncredited)
Charlie Flannery
Performance Attendee (uncredited)
Dan Marshall
Polka Dancer (uncredited)
Americo Presciutti
Pope's Security (uncredited)
Maya Forbes
Director / Writer
Jeanne McCarthy
Casting
Catherine Haight
Editor
Susan Lyall
Costume Design
Carl Sprague
Production Design
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Polka King is a 2017 American biographical comedy film directed by Maya Forbes and written by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. The film is about real-life Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan, who was imprisoned in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme. The film stars Jack Black as Lewan, as well as Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, and Jacki Weaver. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. It was released on Netflix on January 12, 2018.
The Polka King is based on a 2009 documentary about Lewan, The Man Who Would Be Polka King, directed by Joshua Brown and John Mikulak.
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