Breaking the Limits () is a 2017 Polish

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or group of people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from Docudrama, docudrama films ...

directed by Łukasz Palkowski about the life of . The film stars Jakub Gierszał as Górski.

Plot

The film follows Górski, beginning with the onset of his addiction to drugs. After the mother of his daughter dies of an overdose, Górski begins an intensive training regime and eventually becomes an

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champion.

Cast

* Jakub Gierszał as Jerzy Górski * as Ewa Meller * Anna Próchniak as Grażyna * Arkadiusz Jakubik as swimming pool manager *

Janusz Gajos Janusz Gajos (; born 23 September 1939) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National Film School in Łódź, he is considered one of the ...

as Marek Kotański * Artur Żmijewski as Jerzy's father * Magdalena Cielecka as Jerzy's mother * Adam Woronowicz as Grażyna's father *Szymon Piotr Warszawski as Paweł *

Mateusz Kościukiewicz Mateusz Kościukiewicz (; born 1 May 1986 in Nowy Tomyśl) is a Polish film actor. Early life and career He grew up in Nowy Tomyśl, where he attended the General and Post-Secondary Schools. He studied at the Kraków State Higher Theater School ...

as Andrzej * Tomasz Kot as Okoń *Delfina Wilkońska as Halina *Jakub Zając as Krzysiek *Zbigniew Paterak as Wolski

Awards

The film has won a total of six awards at the 42nd Polish Film Festival in

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References

External links

* * 2017 biographical drama films Polish biographical drama films Films set in Poland 2017 drama films 2017 films Triathlon films Biographical films about sportspeople 2010s Polish-language films Films directed by Łukasz Palkowski {{Poland-film-stub