How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
2022 · Movie · NR · 185 min · ★ 6.6 · 45% critics
A mysterious woman looks back on the rise and fall of a notorious Polish gangster, tracing how power, ambition, and loyalty collide in the criminal underworld. Inspired by a true story, the film follows the costs of chasing status and control as the stakes keep climbing.
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Details
- Original title
- Jak pokochałam gangstera
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-01-05
- Language
- PL
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 185 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (201 votes)
About
If you enjoy true-crime crime sagas about ambition and downfall, this should fit, especially if you liked How I Became a Gangster or Furioza; Not for you if you want light, uplifting stories or minimal violence.
Pros: true-crime inspired story; fast-moving crime rise; gritty underworld tension | Cons: heavy criminal violence; bleak tone throughout; limited character warmth
Themes
- gangster
- based on true story
- love
Cast & crew
Tomasz Włosok
as Nikodem 'Nikos' Skotarczak
- AK
Aleks Kurdzielewicz
as Young Nikodem Skotarczak
Antoni Królikowski
as 'Komo'
Agnieszka Grochowska
as Milena 'Czarna'
Magdalena Lamparska
as Halina Ostrowska
Krystyna Janda
as Rita
Klaudiusz Kaufmann
as Karl
Eryk Lubos
as 'Kleks'
Sebastian Fabijański
as 'Silvio'
Julia Wieniawa
as Nikita
Directed by Maciej Kawulski