
My Nikifor
From his birth in 1895 through his death in 1968, the gifted Polish naïve artist Nikifor Krynicki (AKA Epifan Drowniak) lived his life and eked out a career cloaked in obscurity - a casualty of both his extreme speech impediment (his tongue was attached to the roof of his mouth, which prompted others to errantly tag him as mentally incapacitated) and his self-effacing decision to sell the majority of his work for meager amounts. Krzysztof Krauze's biopic My Nikifor travels to the tail end of Krynicki's (Krystyna Feldman) life journey, dramatizing the period that surrounded his interaction with the well-established artist Marian Wlosinski (Roman Gancarczyk).
My Nikifor
Rating
5.9/10
Release Date
2004-07-29
Runtime
95 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Krystyna Feldman
Nikifor Krynicki

Roman Gancarczyk
Marian Wlosinski

Jerzy Gudejko
Ryszard Nowak

Jowita Budnik
Cleaning Lady Kowalska

Lucyna Malec
Hanna Wlosinska

Katarzyna Paczyńska
Ala Wlosinska

Karolina Paczynska
Ewa Wlosinska

Artur Steranko
Doctor Rosen

Marian Dziędziel
Beekeeper Ferek

Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska
Nikifor's Housekeeper

Ewa Wencel
Director of 'Zacheta'
Production Companies
Agencja Produkcji Filmowej

Canal+ Polska

TVP
Zebra Film Studio