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Big Shar - Wielki Szu DVD [dv605] |
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This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 October, 2009.
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| Item Description |
The accomplished Polish actor Jan Nowicki stars in the title role as an aging card shark who gets back in the game. After a naive gambler, Jurek, tries to hustle Big Shar and fails, he agrees to teach the lad his tricks and the pair begin an unlikely partnership. More than just a caper film, Big Shar features a cast of veteran actors who represent three generations of Polish screen talent. Nowicki, who launched his career in Andrzej Wajda's Popioly, gives a magnificent performance, as does silent film actor Leon Niemczyck, who plays Stefan, and newcomer Andrzej Pieczynski, who costars as Jurek. In Polish with English subtitles. Szuler karciany zostaje zwolniony z wiezienia po pieciu latach. Jego zona zlozyla wlasnie pozew o rozwod. Jest gotowa odstapic Wielkiemu Szu polowe majatku. Szu przyjezdza do nieduzego miasteczka i spotyka tam Jurka, mlodego kierowce taksowki. Mowi mu, ze zamierza kupic dom z licytacji. Jurek namietnie gra w karty, ale na prozno usiluje namowic nowego znajomego na partyjke pokera. Wieczorem Szu dowiaduje sie, ze z inicjatywy miejscowego potentata Mikuna licytacja zostala przelozona. Mikun przychodzi do hotelu zagrac w bilard. Naklania Szu, aby zagral z nim w karty. W rezultacie przegrywa duza sume pieniedzy. Proponuje rewanz nastepnego dnia. Cale zajscie obserwuje ukryty za oknem Jurek. PoZniej w hotelowym pokoju Szu demaskuje naiwne, karciane oszustwa kierowcy. Pelen podziwu Jurek chce nauczyc sie czegos od mistrza. Do rewanzowej partyjki Mikun zaprasza rowniez wybitnego karcianego oszusta Denela. Ten natychmiast rozpoznaje Szu i nie chce z nim grac. Wtedy Mikun usiluje odebrac Szu wygrana, ale bohater ucieka i przy pomocy Jurka opuszcza miasto. Obaj zatrzymuja sie w luksusowym motelu. Kapiacego sie w basenie Szu atakuje oblakany Lipo. Kiedys przegral do Szu wiele pieniedzy. Dzieki sprytnym sztuczkom karcianym Jurek ogrywa przypadkowych oszustow. Zaczyna czuc sie pewnie. Szu poznaje prostytutke Jole. Dziewczyna chce mu zorganizowac gre. W ten sposob pragnie sie zemscic na dawnym kochanku. Byly amant Joli przegrywa nieomal caly majatek. Po sprawiedliwym podziale lupow Szu opuszcza zakochana w nim Jole. Jurek chce sie zmierzyc z samym Denelem. Pozyczyl pieniadze na gre od brata i Mikuna. Szu obiecuje mu pomoc. Lecz Denel wygrywa. Jurek jest zrujnowany. Po jego wyjsciu okazuje sie, ze tym razem Denel i Szu wspolpracowali ze soba. Zgodnie opuszczaja hotel. W windzie Denel informuje Szu, ze sciga go Mikun. Bohater zamierza uciec przez kotlownie. Niebawem smieciarze znajduja tam jego cialo. Nie wiadomo, jak zginal Wielki Szu. Moze zabil go Lipo, a moze Denel.
Cast: Jan Nowicki, Andrzej Pieczynski, Karol Strasburger.
Directed by Sylwester Checinski
1982, Color, 96 mins.
Polish with English Subtitles. 
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Richard Brzostek - 04/07/2008 
"Wielki Szu" (Big Shar) is an entertaining story about a professional gambler. The movie is directed by Sylwester Checinski, who is most famous for his 1967 classic comedy "Sami Swoi." "Wielki Szu" is a serious film that takes on a much different tone than the film that made him famous. The venue for this film is communist Poland in the 1980s.
The main character is Wielki Szu (Jan Nowicki), who can outwit nearly anyone in cards and is a winner of most games. The story begins with Wielki Szu being released from prison. Returning home to his beautiful wife (Grazyna Szapolowska), he does not receive a warm welcome. His wife berates him and dismisses his pleas that he has changed. For all of his cleverness and control over his environment, Wielki Szu is reminded that he can't always win.
The card shark wants to start a new life without gamboling, but fate deals him cards that make him reluctantly return to his old ways. He uses the only tricks he knows, reaping big rewards, and an equal amount of loathing from the losers.
Wielki Szu meets a young cab driver, aspiring to become rich with card tricks. The cab driver learns a few tricks from the master, but he is more ambitious than his actual skills, which sets him up for trouble. Between the trouble the master and the apprentice cause for others, we have an entertaining film worth watching. |
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