{{Infobox film | name = 30 Door Key | image = 30 Door Key poster.jpg | caption = Polish theatrical release poster | director = Jerzy Skolimowski | producer = Jerzy Skolimowski | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Jerzy Skolimowski * Michał Skolimowski * Józef Skolimowski}} | based_on = ''Ferdydurke'' by Witold Gombrowicz | story = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Iain Glen * Robert Stephens * Crispin Glover }} | narrator = | music = Stanisław Syrewicz | cinematography = {{Plainlist| * Marek Denys * Grażyna Jasińska-Wiśniarowska}} | editing = {{Plainlist| *Witold Adamek}} | studio = Million Frames Limited<br/>Cinea | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1991|9||Venice|1992|2|21|Poland}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = {{Plainlist| *France *Poland}} | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''30 Door Key''''' (Polish: ''Ferdydurke'' {{IPA|pl|fɛr.dɘ̟.ˈdur.kɛ||}}), also spelled as '''''Thirty Door Key''''', is a 1991 English-language drama film directed and produced by Jerzy Skolimowski, and written by Jerzy Skolimowski, Michał Skolimowski (credited as ''Michael Lyndon''), and Józef Skolimowski (credited as ''Joseph Kay''). It starred Iain Glen, Robert Stephens, and Crispin Glover. The film was based on the 1937 book ''Ferdydurke'' by Witold Gombrowicz.<ref name=filmpolski>{{cite web|url=https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=123043|title=Ferdydurke|language=pl|website=filmpolski.pl}}</ref><ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104252/|title=30 Door Key|website=imdb.com}}</ref>
== Plot == In 1939, in Warsaw, Poland, a 30-year-old beginning novelist, named Joey, just published his first book. One day, he is visited by his former teacher, professor Pimco, who sends him back to middle school.<ref name=filmpolski/>
== Cast == * Iain Glen as Joey * Robert Stephens as professor Pimco * Crispin Glover as Mintus * Zbigniew Zamachowski as Walek * Beata Tyszkiewicz as aunt Hurlecka * Tadeusz Łomnicki as uncle Hurlecki * Artur Żmijewski as Kopyrda * Dorota Stalińska as Mrs. Young * Jan Peszek as Mr. Young * Judith Godrèche as Zoo Young * Jerzy Bińczycki as professor Filidor * Kalina Jędrusik as professor Filidor's wife * Beata Poźniak as Flora Gente * Magdalena Wójcik as Joey's servant * Robert Więckiewicz as Poppy * Dariusz Gnatowski as Pyzo * Krzysztof Janczar as Leo * Zbigniew Zamachowski as Tom * Jerzy Skolimowski as head teacher Piórkowski * Marek Probosz as Syphonus * Fabienne Babe as Sophie
== Production == It was produced in France and Poland by Million Frames Limited and Cinea. The film premiered at the 48th Venice International Film Festival in September 1991 and released in Poland on 21 February 1992.<ref name=filmpolski/><ref name=imdb/>
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== External links == * ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104252/ 30 Door Key]'' on IMDb * ''[https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=123043 30 Door Key]'' on filmpolski.pl (in Polish)
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