The Polka King(Movie, 2017)

Name: The Polka King
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2017
Duration: T01:35:00
Rating: 2.8

1h 35min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 121 votes)

The Polka King is an American biographical comedy 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 Mi... ()

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"The Polka King" is currently available on 1 providers. The Polka King can be streamed on Netflix as part of a subscription.

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Available languages: German, English (Audio Description), English (Original), Spanish, French, Italian
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Chinese (Mandarin) (Simplified Chinese), Chinese (Mandarin) (Traditional Chinese)
Duration: 1h 34min
Genres: Movies Based on Real Life / Comedies / Independent Movies
Keywords: Absurd / Quirky
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About The Polka King

Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Based on: "The Man Who Would Be Polka King" (movie, 2009)

Made by: Permut Presentations, Electric Dynamite, Red Hour Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/22/2017

Cast: Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, Vanessa Bayer, J. B. Smoove, Robert Capron, Willie Garson

Director: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky

Producer: Jack Black, Stuart Cornfeld, David Permut, Wallace Wolodarsky

Screenwriter: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky

Film Editor: Catherine Haighton

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El rey de la polca"

"Polkkakuningas"

"Le roi de la polka"

"Il re della polka"

"Król Polki"

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The Polka King(Movie, 2017)

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