Gods (film)

Gods (Polish: Bogowie) is a 2014 Polish biographical feature film directed by Łukasz Palkowski. It is based on the life and career of Polish cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa, who performed the first successful heart transplant in Poland in 1987.^[2] The movie received the Golden Lions award for best film at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival (2014) and the Eagle at the Polish Film Awards (2015).^[3][4] Production of the film took place in autumn 2013.^[5]

Gods
Film poster
Bogowie
Directed by	Łukasz Palkowski
Written by	Krzysztof Rak
Produced by	Piotr Woźniak-Starak
Starring	Tomasz Kot Szymon Piotr Warszawski Piotr Głowacki Magdalena Czerwińska Jan Englert Kinga Preis
Cinematography	Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Edited by	Jarosław Barzan
Music by	Bartosz Chajdecki
Production company	Watchout Productions
Release date	October 10, 2014 (2014-10-10)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish
Box office	11,960,658 $[1]

Cast

• Tomasz Kot – Zbigniew Religa
• Piotr Głowacki – Marian Zembala
• Szymon Piotr Warszawski – Andrzej Bochenek
• Magdalena Czerwińska – Anna Religa
• Rafał Zawierucha – Romuald Cichoń
• Marta Ścisłowicz – nurse Magda
• Karolina Piechota – nurse Krysia
• Wojciech Solarz – anesthesiologist
• Arkadiusz Janiczek – perfusionist
• Cezary Kosiński – Roman Włodarski
• Konrad Bugaj – doctor
• Magdalena Kaczmarek – nurse Jolka
• Magdalena Wróbel – nurse Michalina
• Milena Suszyńska – nurse Gośka
• Jan Englert – professor Wacław Sitkowski
• Władysław Kowalski – Jan Moll
• Zbigniew Zamachowski – Stanisław Pasyk
• Marian Opania – Jan Nielubowicz
• Małgorzata Łata – Ewka
• Kinga Preis – Ewka's mother
• Ryszard Kotys – ethics committee member
• Włodzimierz Adamski – ethics committee member
• Marian Zembala – ethics committee member
• Andrzej Bochenek – ethics committee member
• David Price – speaker (Dr. Barnard)
• Magdalena Lamparska – waitress

See also

• Cinema of Poland
• List of Gdynia Film Festival winners

References

1. "Bogowie (2014)". Box Office Mojo.
2. "The history of a picture that changed the world". ZME Science. February 4, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
3. "Opowieść o prof. Relidze dominuje w Gdyni. Złote Lwy dla filmu "Bogowie"". TVN24 (in Polish). Retrieved May 12, 2022.
4. "Orły 2015: "Bogowie" najlepszym filmem. Zgarnęli też sześć innych nagród". www.tvp.info (in Polish). March 2, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
5. "Zakończono zdjęcia do filmu "Bogowie"". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved May 12, 2022.

External links

• Gods at IMDb
• Bogowie at the Polish Internet Movie Database (in Polish)
• Official movie trailer at the producer's official YouTube channel (in Polish)