THE COLDEST GAME
Premiere 08.11.2019
Movie description
The film’s set, a unique scenery of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, will witness a meeting of world-famous film stars and award-winning Polish filmmakers. Among them: Bill Pullman (Independence Day, The Sinner, Lost Highway, Sleepless in Seattle), Lotte Verbeek (Nothing Personal, Outlander, The Borgias), Corey Johnson (Captain Phillips, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Mummy), Aleksey Serebryakov (Leviathan), Robert Więckiewicz (In Darkness) and Allan Starski (Schindler’s List, Aftermath, Pan Tadeusz), Paweł Edelman (The Pianist, Stones For the Rampart, Wałęsa. Man of Hope), with Łukasz Kośmicki as the director. A touching thriller and a spy tale depicting the story of a forgotten genius, a chess master Joshua Mansky (Bill Pullman) takes us behind the scenes of high-stakes international politics and the timeless conflict between two superpowers. The eponymous game takes place in Warsaw, which in 1962 became the centre of events determining the fate of the world. Producers Piotr Woźniak-Starak and Krzysztof Terej, who have successfully told real-life tales before, this time leave it to the viewer to answer the question: “did this story actually happen?”
THE COLDEST GAME
The film’s set, a unique scenery of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, will witness a meeting of world-famous film stars and award-winning Polish filmmakers. Among them: Bill Pullman (Independence Day, The Sinner, Lost Highway, Sleepless in Seattle), Lotte Verbeek (Nothing Personal, Outlander, The Borgias), Corey Johnson (Captain Phillips, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Mummy), Aleksey Serebryakov (Leviathan), Robert Więckiewicz (In Darkness) and Allan Starski (Schindler’s List, Aftermath, Pan Tadeusz), Paweł Edelman (The Pianist, Stones For the Rampart, Wałęsa. Man of Hope), with Łukasz Kośmicki as the director. A touching thriller and a spy tale depicting the story of a forgotten genius, a chess master Joshua Mansky (Bill Pullman) takes us behind the scenes of high-stakes international politics and the timeless conflict between two superpowers. The eponymous game takes place in Warsaw, which in 1962 became the centre of events determining the fate of the world. Producers Piotr Woźniak-Starak and Krzysztof Terej, who have successfully told real-life tales before, this time leave it to the viewer to answer the question: “did this story actually happen?”
- director Łukasz Kośmicki
- screenplay Łukasz Kośmicki, Marcel Sawicki
- cinematography Paweł Edelman PSC
- set design Allan Starski
- set design Allan Starski
- music Łukasz Targosz
- costume design Ewa Gronowska
- make-up Ewa Drobiec, Agnieszka Hodowana
- editing Robert Gryka, Wolfgang Weigl, Krzysztof Arszennik
- sound Jarosław Bajdowski, Michał Fojcik, Bartłomiej Bogacki
- casting Jeremy Zimmermann, Nadia Lebik
- production manager Magdalena Malisz
- executive producer Justyna Pawlak, Oliver Simon, Adrian Włodarski
- producers Piotr Woźniak-Starak, Krzysztof Terej, Daniel Baur
- production Watchout Studio we współpracy z K5 Film
- co-production TVN S.A., NEXT FILM, Canal+, Big City Outdoor, The Story Lab, Poręczenia Kredytowe, Kosafilm, Galeria Olśnienia – GO Justyna Chodkowska
Photos and videos
Awards and nominations
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Camerimage
Golden Frog Nominee
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Polish Film Awards
Best Supporting Actor - Winner
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Polish Film Awards
Best Costume Design - Nominee
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Polish Film Awards
Best Production Design - Nominee
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Polish Film Awards
Best Sound - Nominee
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Polish Film Awards
Best Cinematography - Nominee
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Polish Film Awards
Best Makeup - Nominee
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Polish Film Awards
Discovery of Year - Nominee
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Polish Film Festival
Best Editing - Winner
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Polish Film Festival
Special Jury Prize - Winner
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Polish Film Festival
Golden Lions - Nominee
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prize - Nominee
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Best Director Jury Prize - Nominee
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Best Cinematographer Jury Prize - Nominee
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Best Music Jury Prize - Nominee
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Najlepsze zdjęcia - nominacja
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Najlepsza muzyka - nominacja
Files to download
Pressbook
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