THAT'S POLAND

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A portrait of Mirosław Balonis, born in 1968, “Immigrant of the Year” in 2013. The Polish businessman has lived in Cologne for the past two decades. Was he determined to get ahead or was luck on his side? Is he maybe just a charlatan? Such questions are investigated together with notions of nationality and identity.
TO JEST POLSKA / DAS IST POLEN
DEU 2013 / 24 min
Director: Mirek Balonis,Angelika Herta,Filip Jacobson,Jutta Riedel
A portrait of Mirosław Balonis, born in 1968, “Immigrant of the Year” in 2013. The Polish businessman has lived in Cologne for the past two decades. Was he determined to get ahead or was luck on his side? Is he maybe just a charlatan? Such questions are investigated together with notions of nationality and identity.