A Sportsman Against His Will (Polish: Sportowiec mimo woli) is a 1940 Polish comedy film directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz and starring Adolf Dymsza, Aleksander Zabczynski and Ina Benita.Haltof p.126Skaff p.209 Location shooting took place around Zakopane. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Stefan Norris, Jacek Rotmil and Józef Galewski. It was the last film produced during the Second Polish Republic completed just before the outbreak of the Second World War and released during the Occupation of Poland.
Synopsis Dodek Czwartek, a Warsaw hairdresser swaps places with Jerzy Piatek a top ice hockey player to aid the latter in his pursuit of the attractive Lili, an industrialist's daughter.
Cast Adolf Dymsza as Dodek Czwartek - Hairstylist Aleksander Zabczynski as Jerzy Piatek Ina Benita as Lili Madecka Józef Orwid as Melchior Madecki Helena Buczynska as Mrs. Madecka Stanislaw Wolinski as Jan - Butler Ludwik Sempolinski as Baron Drops Halina Doree as Idalia - Secretary Wojciech Ruszkowski as Dzems - Hotel Detective Jerzy Lasocki as Adas - Hairstylist Henryk Malkowski as Kulka - Wlasciciel Sklepu Roman Deren as Hair Salon Owner Wojciech Trojanowski as Komentator radiowy Zdzislaw Motyka as Sport instructor
References
Bibliography Haltof, Marek. Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015. Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
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