Train for Hollywood (1987)

  • 18
  • 08/24/1987 (PL)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 32m

Overview

A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind. They become friends sharing their dreams of going to Hollywood. One day she finds a goldfish trapped in a beer bottle: she sets her free and makes three wishes, not for herself but for her friends. To her surprise all of them come true. As a reward she gets a long awaited call from Billy Wilder. Written by Polish Cinema Database

Radosław Piwowarski

Writer, Director

Cast

Katarzyna Figura's headshot

Katarzyna Figura

Mariola "Merlin" Wafelek
Piotr Siwkiewicz's headshot

Piotr Siwkiewicz

Peter
Rafał Węgrzyniak's headshot

Rafał Węgrzyniak

Raphael
Jerzy Stuhr's headshot

Jerzy Stuhr

Director Zdzich
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew's headshot

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Millionaire Zhenya
Krystyna Feldman's headshot

Krystyna Feldman

Mrs. Krysia, guard at Dream Factory No. 1
Barbara Grochmalska's headshot

Barbara Grochmalska

Helen, Merlin's sister
Józef Lipski's headshot

Józef Lipski

Accordionist

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