Directed by:
Maciej PieprzycaScreenplay:
Maciej PieprzycaCinematography:
Witold PłóciennikComposer:
Leszek MozdzerCast:
Dawid Ogrodnik, Cyprian Grabowski, Jowita Budnik, Wiktoria Gorodeckaja, Maja Komorowska, Justyna Wasilewska, Piotr Adamczyk, Mikołaj Chroboczek (more)Plots(1)
Mieczysław Kosz was a real person. Since infancy, the eventual piano prodigy was visually impaired. It was too late for eye surgery, and the boy lost his sight completely when sent by his mother to a facility for blind children. Nonetheless, with the aid of his huge pianistic talent, he found another way to communicate with society. Despite being classically trained as a musician, he felt drawn toward jazz, and by the end of the 1960s, he became a phenomenon of the jazz piano scene in both Poland and worldwide, compared to Bill Evans. Still in his twenties, Kosz won the hearts of audiences at home and abroad, successfully performed at jazz festivals, and recorded albums. However, all the artistic achievements came with a sense of loneliness in his personal life, manifesting itself in various and often bitter ways. (Camerimage)
(more)Cast
Dawid Ogrodnik
Poland
Best movies:
Life Feels Good (2013)
The Last Family (2016)
Johnny (2022)
Cyprian Grabowski
Best movies:
The Peasants (2023)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
David and the Elves (2021)
Jowita Budnik
Poland
Best movies:
The Debt (1999)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Kochankowie mojej mamy (1985)
Wiktoria Gorodeckaja
Best movies:
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
The Little Moscow (2008)
White Courage (2024)
Maja Komorowska
Poland
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Man of Iron (1981)
Family Life (1970)
Justyna Wasilewska
Poland
Best movies:
Letters to Santa (2011)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Playing Hard (2018)
Piotr Adamczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Karol : L'homme qui devint Pape (2005) (TV movie)
Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy (2002)
Letters to Santa (2011)
Mikołaj Chroboczek
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
The Last Family (2016)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Michal Filipiak
Poland
Best movies:
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
I'm a Killer (2016)
Retrieval (2005)
Jacek Koman
Poland
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Hater (2020)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Grzegorz Mielczarek
Poland
Best movies:
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Outsider (2018)
Interior (2019)
Dariusz Chojnacki
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
Life Feels Good (2013)
Leave No Traces (2021)
Katarzyna Wajda
Poland
Best movies:
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
You Are God (2012)
All for My Mother (2019)
Katarzyna Cynke
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
The Wedding Day (2021)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Barbara Wypych
Poland
Best movies:
Sonata (2021)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Fierce (2020)
Maksymilian Balcerowski
Best movies:
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
The Art of Loving: The Story of Michalina Wislocka (2017)
Werewolf (2018)
Marek Pyś
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
The Peasants (2023)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Magdalena Schejbal
Poland
Best movies:
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Superprodukcja (2003)
The Taming of the Shrewd (2022)
Tomasz Schimscheiner
Poland
Best movies:
Duże zwierzę (2000)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Śmierć jak kromka chleba (1994)
Clayton Nemrow
USA
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz (2019)
Mr. Nobody (2009)