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Przekladaniec
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Przekładaniec is a 1968 short science fiction comedy film directed by Andrzej Wajda based on the screenplay by Stanisław Lem, which was a loose adaptation of Lem's 1955 short story turned into a radio play Czy pan istnieje, Mr. Johns? (translated into English as Are you there, Mr. Jones?). The title of the film was variously translated into English as Layer Cake (literal meaning), Hodge Podge, or Roly Poly.
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7.1The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?
Cast
- Bogumił Kobiela as Ryszard Fox
- Ryszard Filipski as Lawyer
- Anna Prucnal as Fox's Sister-in-law
- Jerzy Zelnik as Dr. Burton
- Piotr Wysocki as Dr. Benglow
- Tadeusz Pluciński as Preacher
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Plots
- Radio-play version
- Film version
- Wajda's film
- Cast
- Awards
- Other adaptations
- ''Roly Poly''
- Cast
- ''Sandwich''
- Cast
- Stage play
- Publication history
- See also
- References
Przekładaniec is a 1968 short science fiction comedy film directed by Andrzej Wajda based on the screenplay by Stanisław Lem, which was a loose adaptation of Lem's 1955 short story turned into a radio play Czy pan istnieje, Mr. Johns? (translated into English as Are you there, Mr. Jones?). The title of the film was variously translated into English as Layer Cake (literal meaning), Hodge Podge, or Roly Poly.
The first print of Lem's short story was in Przekrój in 1955. Translated as Are you there, Mr. Jones?, it appeared in a British-Australian science fiction magazine Vision of Tomorrow in 1969. According to the introduction to the story in the magazine, it was the first work of Lem translated into English.
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