Jack Strong

Władysław Pasikowski : 2014

A spy thriller telling a historically based story of a man who alone dares to challenge the Soviet empire, being deep inside the system himself. Planning the manoeuvres of Warsaw Pact forces, Colonel Ryszard Kukliński of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, discovers that the American plan of nuclear counterattack against Soviet forces is intended to be executed on Polish territory. Like many others, he isn't at ease with what is happening in his country – Poland is becoming more and more communist, and is losing its true identity. He then decides to act. On 11 August 1972, Colonel Kukliński sends a letter from the German port of Wilhelmshaven to the US Embassy in Bonn. Writing in broken English, he asks for a meeting with a US army officer in Amsterdam. This is the beginning of a long, lonely and psychologically exhausting cooperation with the CIA, forwarding classified documents to his American allies and being assigned the codename Jack Strong. From that moment his life and those of his family are in constant danger as one careless move can lead to tragedy. Władysław Pasikowski's feature was winner of the Best Director Award at Gdynia Film Festival 2014.