An incredible story about a rebel who challenged nature, the regime and his own shortcomings. It is a film about the first successful heart transplant in Poland performed by Professor Religa in Zabrze. Tragedy of failed surgeries, fight for each single heartbeat, grand ambitions and painful defeats, solitude of a genius who embarked on a single-handed quest against his mentors and sparked a revolution in Polish medicine. What was the price he had to pay for his success?
Directed by: Łukasz Palkowski
Producers: Piotr Woźniak-Starak, Krzysztof Rak, Krzysztof Terej
Screenplay: Krzysztof Rak
Cinematography: Piotr Sobociński Jr
Production Design: Wojciech Żogała
Production Manager: Dariusz Kłodowski
Costume Design: Ewa Gronowska
Makeup: Agnieszka Hodowana, Aneta Brzozowska
Sound: Michał Fojcik, Jarosław Bajdowski, Bartłomiej Bogacki
Film Editing: Jarosław Barzan
Music: Bartosz Chajdecki
Produced by: Watchout Studio
Distribution in Poland: NEXT FILM
Cast: Tomasz Kot, Magdalena Czerwińska, Piotr Głowacki, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Rafał Zawierucha, Kinga Preis, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Marian Opania, Jan Englert, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Awards:
39th Gdynia Film Festival:
Gold Lion (main award) for The Best Film, Best Actor, Script, Make-up, Scenography, and
People’s Choice Award
Polish Film Awards “Eagles” 2015 (“Gods”):
The Best Film, Best Actor, Script, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography and People’ Choice Award
The film has reached 2.2 million admissions in Polish cinemas.
Critic's reviews
Leslie Felperin, The Guardian
You wouldn’t think a film about cardiology in Poland would be such a kick, but Bogowie (“Gods” in Polish) is a fast-paced, soapy pleasure, sort of like ER or Grey’s Anatomy, but with the 1980s setting adding a judicious dollop of iron-curtain period kitsch.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/23/bogowie-review-poland-heart-surgery
Greg Archer, The Huffington Post „HUFFPOST”
‘Gods’ Is One Of The Best Foreign Language Films Of The Year (2014)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gods-is-one-of-the-best-f_b_6149116