THE BLACK MERCEDES

Cast
Maria Dębska (Aneta Landau), Aleksandar Milicevic (Count Maximilian von Fleckenstein), Artur Żmijewski (Karol Holzer), Andrzej Zieliński (Rafał Król), Sonia Bohosiewicz (Stefa), Andrzej Seweryn (Count Leon Przewidzki), Bogusław Linda (Ernest Kluge), Przemysław Bluszcz (Klamocki), Antoni Królikowski (Stefan), Wiktor Zborowski (Major)

Warsaw, June 1942. Aneta, the beautiful wife of a respected lawyer, Karol Holzer, is killed in suspicious circumstances. Rafał Król, an officer of the Blue Police co-operating with the Germans, tries to solve the mysterious murder. Suspicions multiply as one clue after another uncovers the well-hidden secrets of the deceased and disclose unclear connections between her husband and a high-ranked SS officer. Among the suspects there’s also a somewhat eccentric Count Leon Przewidzki, who has a habit of eavesdropping on the visitors to the lawyer’s apartment. During his investigation, Król finds an unexpected ally, Ernst Kluge, a Gestapo commander. Holzer situation becomes increasingly dangerous, while the murderer – still at large – might be ready to strike again…

JANUSZ MAJEWSKI
Director and screenwriter. Born in 1931 in Lviv. Graduate of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology (1955) and Directing at the Film School in Łódź (1961). He started his career as art director. In the years 1983-1990, he was the President of Polish Filmmakers Association and in the years 1987-1991 – Member of the Cinematography Committee. Since 2001, the President of the Management Board of the Association of Authors and Composers ZAIKS. Professor of film art. In 2002, on the occasion of the 50 anniversary of the Polish Television, he received the “Star of the Polish Television” statuette for his achievements in film and the Television Theatre. Awarded with the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011). Recipient of many prestige awards.

FILMOGRAPHY
2019 The Black Mercedes (Czarny mercedes)
2015 The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street (Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy)2010 Rite of Passage (Mała matura 1947)
2005 After the Season (Po sezonie)
1998 Deserter’s Gold (Złoto dezerterów)
1985 The Deserters (CK Dezerterzy)
1982 An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill (Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny)
1982 Salty Rose (Słona róża)
1979 Lesson of the Dead Language (Lekcja martwego języka)
1977 The Gorgon Case (Sprawa Gorganowej)
1975 Hotel Pacific (Zaklęte rewiry)
1973 Jealousy and Medicine (Zazdrość i medycyna)
1970 Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (Lokis. Rękopis profesora Wittembacha)
1969 The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię)
1966 The Lodger (Sublokator)