Train for Hollywood

Radosław Piwowarski
1987-08-24


5.5
92 min

A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind. They become friends sharing their dreams of going to Hollywood. One day she finds a goldfish trapped in a beer bottle: she sets her free and makes three wishes, not for herself but for her friends. To her surprise all of them come true. As a reward she gets a long awaited call from Billy Wilder. Written by Polish Cinema Database

Cast

Name Character Team
Katarzyna Figura Mariola "Merlin" Wafelek Unowned
Piotr Siwkiewicz Peter Unowned
Rafał Węgrzyniak Raphael Unowned
Jerzy Stuhr Director Zdzich Unowned
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew Millionaire Zhenya Unowned
Krystyna Feldman Mrs. Krysia, guard at Dream Factory No. 1 Unowned
Barbara Grochmalska Helen, Merlin's sister Unowned
Józef Lipski Accordionist Unowned
Wojciech Skibiński Father Merlin Unowned