The Two Who Stole the Moon

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Although prominent politicians, the Kaczyński twins first rose to public prominence as child actors in the 1962 film The Two Who Stole the Moon; Lech is on the right, Jarosław is on the left.

The Two Who Stole the Moon (Polish: O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc) is a 1962 Polish children's film based on Kornel Makuszyński's 1928 story The Two Who Stole the Moon. The film stars two of the country's future political leaders.

Despite being known to Polish children for many generations, the film gained renewned fame in the 2000s for starring two of the country's future leaders. On the right of the picture is Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland since 2005, and on the left, his twin brother Jarosław Kaczyński,^[1], the Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007 and current Chairman of the Law and Justice party. The twins were thirteen at the time.

[edit] Plot summary

The two twins, Jacek and Placek, start out as cruel and lazy boys whose main interest is eating—eating anything, including chalk and a sponge in school. One day they have the idea of stealing the moon -- after all, it is made of gold.

"If we steal the moon, we would not have to work"

"But we do not work now, either..."

"But then we would not have to work at all".

After a few small adventures they manage to steal the moon. Immediately a gang of robbers notices them and captures them. They regain their freedom however, and one of the twins devises a plan to enter the "City of Gold". The plan works, but when the robbers try to collect the gold, they turn into gold themselves. The twins escape, run home and promise to help their parents with their work as farmers.

[edit] Starring

• Lech Kaczyński - Jacek
• Jarosław Kaczyński - Placek
• Ludwik Benoit - Wojciech, father of Jacek and Placek
• Helena Grossówna - mother of Jacek and Placek
• Janusz Strachocki - mayor in Zapiecek
• Tadeusz Woźniak - teacher in Zapiecek
• Janusz Kłosiński - Mortadella
• Wacław Kowalski
• Henryk Modrzewski - Taylor in Zapiecek
• Bronisław Darski - Barnaba
• Stanisław Tylczyński
• Janusz Ziejewski
• Włodzimierz Skoczylas
• Tadeusz Schmidt
• Ryszard Ronczewski - Robber "Rozporek"

[edit] References

1. ^ Twins who stole the Moon are poised to run away with Poland - Telegraph

[edit] External links

• The Two Who Stole the Moon at the Internet Movie Database
• FilmWeb
• Stopklatka

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