''The Man with the Magic Box'' () is a 2017

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film written and directed by Polish film director

Bodo Kox Bodo Kox (born 22 April 1977 in Wrocław, Poland, birth name: Bartosz Koszała), is a Polish film director, actor, and screenwriter, known for award-winning feature films ''The Girl from the Wardrobe'' (2013) and ''The Man with the Magic Box'' (201 ...

. The film is set in 2030 of

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Poland and involves elements of

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to the times of

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of 1950s."The Man with the Magic Box: The (bleak) future is now"
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at filmpolski.pl

Cast

Olga Bołądź Olga Maria Bołądź (born 29 February 1984) is a Polish actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2006. Selected filmography References External links * 1984 births Living people Polish film actresses Actresses ...

—Goria * Piotr Polak—Adam * Sebastian Stankiewicz—Sebastian * Helena Norowicz—Urszula Stefanka * Wojciech Zielinski—Agent Jan Tragosz * Bartlomiej Firlet—Kowalsky Radzimir * Bartosz Cao—Son of Prol * Anna Konieczna—Agent Maria Torunska * Agata Buzek—Doctor * Arkadiusz Jakubik—Emfazy Stefanski *

Bogdan Koca Bogdan Koca is a Polish-born Australian actor, director and writer. Biography Koca was born in Poland where he first took up acting, earning Best Actor awards from audience votes in Wrocław and from the Minister of Culture. He left Poland in ...

—Prol Collector * Roma Kox—Young Urszula Stefanska * Bartosz Bielenia—Bibi * Bartosz Adamczyk—Assistant Heniek * Kamil Tolinski—Assistant Stanislaw

Awards

*2017: Asteroide award of the international

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*2017: Award for music at the

Gdynia Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every ...

, Poland *2017: GreenBox award at the Bluebox Film Festival, Olsztyn, Poland

References

2017 science fiction films 2017 films 2010s films about time travel Dystopian films Films produced by Anna Wasniewska-Gill Films set in Warsaw {{Poland-film-stub