
JOHNNY
Premiere 23.09.2022
Movie description
“Johnny” is a true story that inspires and touches people’s hearts. It is told from the perspective of father Jan Kaczkowski’s protégé – Patryk Galewski, a boy with a difficult start in life.
Patryk breaks into a house in a small town. He is sentenced to community service at the hospice in Puck, where he meets father Jan Kaczkowski, who is quite an unusual person. The priest engages young boys from the vocational school who seem to be tough rebels, into helping the terminally ill. In his work, he focuses on intimacy, affection and the struggle to establish a connection with other people. He teaches empathy. And he does it with a great sense of humour, which gains him huge popularity. Shortly afterwards, father Jan himself becomes a patient in the hospice. Patryk is put in a position that will change his entire life.
JOHNNY
“Johnny” is a true story that inspires and touches people’s hearts. It is told from the perspective of father Jan Kaczkowski’s protégé – Patryk Galewski, a boy with a difficult start in life.
Patryk breaks into a house in a small town. He is sentenced to community service at the hospice in Puck, where he meets father Jan Kaczkowski, who is quite an unusual person. The priest engages young boys from the vocational school who seem to be tough rebels, into helping the terminally ill. In his work, he focuses on intimacy, affection and the struggle to establish a connection with other people. He teaches empathy. And he does it with a great sense of humour, which gains him huge popularity. Shortly afterwards, father Jan himself becomes a patient in the hospice. Patryk is put in a position that will change his entire life.

- Dawid Ogrodnik
- Piotr Trojan
- Magdalena Czerwińska
- Anna Dymna
- Anna Dymna
- Maria Pakulnis
- Marta Stalmierska
- Witold Dębicki
- Michał Kaleta
- Joachim Lamża
- director Daniel Jaroszek
- screenplay Maciej Kraszewski
- producer Robert Kijak
- cinematography Michał Dąbal PC
- cinematography Michał Dąbal PC
- set design Karolina Rączka
- costumes Zofia Komasa
- make up Liliana Gałązka
- casting director Konrad Bugaj
- editing Maciej Kozłowski
- sound Sebastian Brański, Wojciech Mielimąka, Marcin Kasiński
- music Michał Kush
- production manager Michał Lipski
- line producer Anna Orska-Olszewska
- production / distribution NEXT FILM
- executive producer Marcin Perzyna, Agnieszka Porzezińska
- co-financing The Polish Film Institute
- co-production TVN, Grupa Moderator Studio Filmowe, Warmia Resport, Rafał Różański, Visual Work Rebel Media, Dawid Podsiadło, Maciej Woć, Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Aneta Graff-Dąbrowska, Abstraction Plan, Dreamsound, Cineline, Maciej Kraszewski, Dobra Robota.