The Polka King (2017)

Directed by

Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky

Genre

comedy film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

12

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 327 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A charming polka band leader builds a music empire in Pennsylvania. He keeps his fans happy by running a shady investment scheme that eventually catches up with him. The movie shows how his big dreams and lies start to unravel.

lightheartedwryoffbeatbittersweetfast-pacedquirkydryly comedic

What happens

The Polka King is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Maya Forbes and written by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. The film is about real-life Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan, who was imprisoned in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme. The film stars Jack Black as Lewan, as well as Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, and Jacki Weaver. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. It was released on Netflix on January 12, 2018. The Polka King is based on a 2009 documentary about Lewan, The Man Who Would Be Polka King, directed by Joshua Brown and John Mikulak. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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