''All Friends Here'' ( Polish: ''Sami swoi'', literally "only our own"), also known as ''Our Folks'', is a 1967 film, and a first part of a Polish comedic trilogy of movies by Sylwester Chęciński. Its follow-ups are '' Nie ma mocnych'' (a Polish idiom meaning "no one can do") (1974), '' Kochaj albo rzuć'' ("Love or Leave") (1977), and ' ("All Friends Here. The Beginning") (2024).

The film

The film was

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but was colorized in 2000 by Dynacs Digital Studios for Polish television station Polsat. The score was composed by Wojciech Kilar. The movie was filmed mostly in Dobrzykowice near

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, with some scenes at Lubomierz and surrounding areas. It was one of the most popular Polish comedies of its times and still remains an old favorite. Lubomierz has a museum dedicated to the movies, and

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has a statue of the two main heroes, Kargul and Pawlak.

The story

The movie is the story of the two quarreling families, who after the end of the Second World War were resettled from Kresy to the Regained Territories, after Poland's borders were shifted westwards. The bad blood between them runs to a time when one of Karguls plowed a few inches ('three finger-widths') into the Pawlak's territory, for which one of the Pawlaks hit him with a

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and then, fearing retribution, emigrated to the United States. Years later, he comes back, and finds that both families live peacefully. His brother, Kazimierz, tells him the story of how the families came to terms, in a form of

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-like marriage between Pawlak's son, Witia, and Kargul's daughter, Jadźka.

The actors

*Pawlak family **

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– Kazimierz ('Kaźmirz') ** Zdzisław Karczewski – Jan 'John' ** Jerzy Janeczek – Witia ** Maria Zbyszewska – Mania **

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– Leonia ** Zygmunt Bielawski – Paweł ('Pawełek') *Kargul family ** Władysław Hańcza – Władysław ('Władyś') ** Ilona Kuśmierska – Jadwiga ('Jadźka') ** Halina Buyno-Łoza – Aniela ('Anielcia') *Others ** Eliasz Oparek-Kuziemski – Kokeszko ** Aleksander Fogiel – sołtys (village headman) ** Witold Pyrkosz – 'the guy from Warsaw' ** Kazimierz Talarczyk – Wieczorek ** Ryszard Kotys – cats seller ** Andrzej Mrożek – Russian soldier ** Jan Łopuszniak – German priest

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0062228, Sami swoi 1967 films 1967 comedy films Polish comedy films 1960s Polish-language films Films scored by Wojciech Kilar