Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The accidental sportsman (1939)

The accidental sportsman poster
Original title
Sportowiec mimo woli
Directed by
Mieczysław Krawicz
Genre
comedy film
Country
Second Polish Republic
Runtime
1h 04m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in sporting events against his will. The film follows his comic misadventures in the mountain resort of Zakopane.

lightheartedplayfulescapistwhimsicaldatedupbeatquirky

What happens

A Sportsman Against His Will (Polish: Sportowiec mimo woli) is a 1940 Polish comedy film directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz and starring Adolf Dymsza, Aleksander Zabczynski and Ina Benita. Location shooting took place around Zakopane. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Stefan Norris, Jacek Rotmil and Józef Galewski. It was the last film produced during the Second Polish Republic completed just before the outbreak of the Second World War and released during the Occupation of Poland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?