Looking again at Paweł Maślona’s first film, the successful, multi-character, black comedy Panic Attack [+lee también:
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Before fighting for Poland’s independence, Kościuszko took part in the American Revolutionary War and was appointed a brigadier general by the Continental Congress in 1783. However, his military career is not the focus of Maślona’s Scarborn, which is billed as a vengeance film, a black comedy and a drama.

Kościuszko (Leave No Traces [+lee también:
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The cast also includes Agnieszka Grochowska (Fucking Bornholm [+lee también:
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entrevista: Anna Kazejak
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entrevista: Tomasz Wasilewski
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entrevista: Maciej Bochniak
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entrevista: Łukasz Kośmicki
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