Roly Poly (1968)
March 17, 1968Release Date
Roly Poly (1968)
March 17, 1968Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

Bogumił Kobiela
Ryszard Fox

Ryszard Filipski
Lawyer

Anna Prucnal
Fox's Sister-in-law

Jerzy Zelnik
Dr. Burton

Piotr Wysocki
Dr. Benglow

Tadeusz Pluciński
Preacher

Gerard Wilk
Insurance Company Spokesman

Wojciech Rajewski
Man With a Dog

Ewa Gąsowska

Marta Przybora

Barbara Nikielska

Marek Kobiela
Tomasz Fox

Ada Rusowicz
Band Singer

Tadeusz Głuchowski
Band Member

W. Kędziora
Band Member

Zbigniew Podgajny
Band Member

M. Polarek
Band Member

Janusz Popławski
Band Member

Krzysztof Potocki
Band Member

W. Żakowicz
Band Member

Witold Dederko
Organ Seller

Andrzej Piszczatowski
Dr. Gregory (uncredited)

Jan Machulski
Dr. Benglow (voice) (uncredited)

Barbara Krafftówna
Preacher (voice) (uncredited)

Daniel Olbrychski
Insurance Company Salesman (voice) (uncredited)

Andrzej Wajda
Director

Andrzej Markowski
Music

Stanisław Lem
Screenplay

Wiesław Orłowski
Assistant Production Design

Danuta Iwanowska
Assistant Production Manager

Józef Bakalarski
Assistant Camera

Teresa Tyburska
Costume Assistant

Włodzimierz Kamiński
Assistant Director

Andrzej Ramlau
Assistant Camera

Bogdan Żochowski
Graphic Designer

Elżbieta Żochowska
Graphic Designer

Tadeusz Szarski
Assistant Production Manager

Andrzej Jerzy Piotrowski
Assistant Director

Jolanta Mijal
Assistant Makeup Artist

Grazyna Pliszczynska
Editor
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 17, 1968
Original NamePrzekładaniec
StatusReleased
Running Time35m
Genres
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Przekładaniec is a 1968 short science fiction comedy film directed by Andrzej Wajda based on the screenplay by Stanisław Lem, which was a loose adaptation of Lem's 1955 short story turned into a radio play Czy pan istnieje, Mr. Johns? (translated into English as Are you there, Mr. Jones?). The title of the film was variously translated into English as Layer Cake (literal meaning), Hodge Podge, or Roly Poly.
The first print of Lem's short story was in Przekrój in 1955. Translated as Are you there, Mr. Jones?, it appeared in a British-Australian science fiction magazine Vision of Tomorrow in 1969. According to the introduction to the story in the magazine, it was the first work of Lem translated into English.
The central idea of the film concerns the problems related to organ transplantation, namely, what is the legal identity (and the associated legal rights) of a person whose body includes many transplants and that of a person whose body was used for many transplants?
The film is a rare example when Lem was pleased with an adaptation of his work. Lem wrote that Wajda's film was the only adaptation of his works which had satisfied him (Lem) completely. Lem even confessed that he had found the course of the events in the film to make more sense than in the short story.
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