Czterdziestolatek or 40-latek (
English: ''The Forty-Year-Old''); broadcast in English by
TVP Polonia as ''Being Forty'' is a Polish television
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term ori ...
series originally broadcast in Poland between 1975-78. The initial series enjoyed so much popularity that it was continued and led to the release of a feature film ''I'm a Butterfly, a 40-year-old's Love Affair'' and a New Year's Eve television program in 1975.
The series was written by Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and was broadcast on
Telewizja Polska. In total, 21 episodes were produced.
The series followed the fate of a
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...
family and explored topics related to
midlife crisis, such as extra-marital affairs, attempts to quit smoking, obsession with hair loss, efforts to maintain physical fitness, pride in achievements and professional life, the desire to seek self-fulfillment through social activities, etc.
20 years later the series was remade in the mid-1990s with a cast that included Joanna Kurowska, Wojciech Mann and Wojciech Malajkat.
Episodes
# The toast, or closer than further (Toast czyli bliżej niż dalej) 1974
# Struggle with addiction, or maze (Walka z nałogiem czyli labirynt)
# Come by whenever you'd like, or dulled stimuli (Wpadnij kiedy zechcesz czyli bodźce stępione)
# The portrait, or how to be loved (Portret czyli jak być kochanym)
# Physical fitness, or the fight against the birth certificate (Kondycja fizyczna czyli walka z metryką)
# Flora's hair, or the maze (Włosy Flory czyli labirynt)
# Judym or a social action (Judym czyli czyn społeczny)
# Opening of the route, or free time (Otwarcie trasy czyli czas wolny) 1975
# Family, or strangers at home (Rodzina czyli obcy w domu) 1975
# Postcard from Spitsbergen, or enchantment (Pocztówka ze Spitzbergenu czyli oczarowanie) 1975
# Somebody else's misery, or defense witness (Cudze nieszczęście czyli świadek obrony) 1975
# New deputy, or the meteor (Nowy zastępca czyli meteor) 1975
# The scapegoat, or the rotation (Kozioł ofiarny czyli rotacja) 1975
# Małkiewicz case or
kamikaze (Sprawa Małkiewicza czyli kamikadze) 1976
# Expensive gift or revisit (Kosztowny drobiazg czyli rewizyta) 1976
# Where have you been or
Shakespeare (Gdzie byłaś czyli Szekspir) 1976
# A cunning beast, or the cristal (Cwana bestia czyli kryształ) 1977
# War game or on the billet (Gra wojenna czyli na kwaterze) 1977
# Away from people, or something of your own (Z dala od ludzi czyli coś swojego)
# In self-defense, or the hunt (W obronie własnej czyli polowanie)
# Shadow-line, or the first serious warning (Smuga cienia czyli pierwsze poważne ostrzeżenie) 1977
Cast
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Andrzej Kopiczyński as Stefan Karwowski, ''Czterdziestolatek''
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Anna Seniuk as Magda Karwowska, wife of Stefan Karwowski
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Irena Kwiatkowska
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Roman Kłosowski
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Janusz Kłosiński
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Leonard Pietraszak
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Janusz Gajos
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Halina Kossobudzka
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Władysław Hańcza
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Wojciech Pokora
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Katarzyna Łaniewska
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Mieczysław Waśkowski
Mieczysław Waśkowski (13 August 1929 – 14 November 2001) was a Polish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 20 films and television shows between 1955 and 1978.
Selected filmography
* ''Zacne grzechy
''Zacne grzechy'' is ...
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Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
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Bohdan Ejmont
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Ryszard Pietruski
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Stefan Friedmann
Stefan Friedmann (born 2 September 1941) is a Polish actor. He has made over 40 appearances in film and television. He starred in the 1978 comedy film ''What Will You Do When You Catch Me?'', He hosted the Miss Polski
Miss Polski is a nation ...
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Stanisław Tym
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Wacław Kowalski
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Jarosław Skulski
Jarosław Skulski (March 30, 1907 in Ufa, Russia
– July 22, 1977 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Russian Empire-born Polish film and theatre actor, who has also acted in Poland's Theatre Television and radio plays from Polskie Radio.
Biography
Born ...
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Leon Niemczyk
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in ove ...
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Grażyna Szapołowska
Grażyna Szapołowska (; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress.
Life and career
She was born in Bydgoszcz. The father was of Latvian-Polish descent, and mother, Wanda, was Lithuanian-Polish descent. She has a sister, Lidia, ...
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Alina Janowska
Alina Janowska (16 April 1923 – 13 November 2017) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 35 films and television shows between 1946 and 2017.
Biography
Janowska was born in 1923 in Warsaw into a wealthy family. She was arrested ...
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Bożena Dykiel
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Edward Dziewoński
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Piotr Fronczewski
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Tadeusz Pluciński
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Lech Ordon
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Wojciech Pszoniak
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Jan Pietrzak
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Krystyna Feldman
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Jerzy Turek
Jerzy Turek (17 January 1934 – 14 February 2010) was a Polish actor and performer. Turek was born on 17 January 1934 in the eastern village of Tchórzowa. He died on 14 February 2010 in Warsaw at the age of 76.
Selected filmography
* '' K ...
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Joanna Szczepkowska
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Wiesław Gołas
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Jan Kobuszewski
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Andrzej Krasicki
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Aleksander Sewruk
Aleksander Sewruk (17 January 1912 – 23 November 1974) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 20 films between 1954 and 1974. At the 1st Moscow International Film Festival he won a Silver Medal for acting for his role in the film '' ...
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Jan Kociniak
Jan Kociniak (8 November 1937 – 20 April 2007) was a Polish film and theatre actor.
Jan Kociniak was born in Stryj, Poland (now Ukraine). He graduated from The Warsaw Higher Theatrical School in 1961 and for most of his professional career he ...
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Krzysztof Kowalewski
References
External links
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Polish comedy-drama television series
1970s Polish television series
1974 Polish television series debuts
1977 Polish television series endings
Midlife crisis in television
Telewizja Polska original programming