# 30 Door Key

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{{Infobox film
| name           = 30 Door Key
| image          = 30 Door Key poster.jpg
| caption        = Polish theatrical release poster
| director       = [Jerzy Skolimowski](/source/Jerzy_Skolimowski)
| producer       = Jerzy Skolimowski
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Jerzy Skolimowski
* Michał Skolimowski
* Józef Skolimowski}}
| based_on       = ''[Ferdydurke](/source/Ferdydurke)'' by [Witold Gombrowicz](/source/Witold_Gombrowicz)
| story          = 
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [Iain Glen](/source/Iain_Glen)
* [Robert Stephens](/source/Robert_Stephens)
* [Crispin Glover](/source/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](/source/Venice_Film_Festival)|1992|2|21|[Poland](/source/Poland)}}
| runtime        = 88 minutes
| country        = {{Plainlist|
*France
*Poland}}
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''30 Door Key''''' ([Polish](/source/Polish_language): ''Ferdydurke'' {{IPA|pl|fɛr.dɘ̟.ˈdur.kɛ||}}), also spelled as '''''Thirty Door Key''''', is a 1991 [English-language](/source/English_language) [drama](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) film directed and produced by [Jerzy Skolimowski](/source/Jerzy_Skolimowski), and written by Jerzy Skolimowski, Michał Skolimowski (credited as ''Michael Lyndon''), and Józef Skolimowski (credited as ''Joseph Kay''). It starred [Iain Glen](/source/Iain_Glen), [Robert Stephens](/source/Robert_Stephens), and [Crispin Glover](/source/Crispin_Glover). The film was based on the 1937 book ''[Ferdydurke](/source/Ferdydurke)'' by [Witold Gombrowicz](/source/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](/source/Warsaw), [Poland](/source/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](/source/middle_school).<ref name=filmpolski/>

== Cast ==
* [Iain Glen](/source/Iain_Glen) as Joey
* [Robert Stephens](/source/Robert_Stephens) as professor Pimco
* [Crispin Glover](/source/Crispin_Glover) as Mintus
* [Zbigniew Zamachowski](/source/Zbigniew_Zamachowski) as Walek
* [Beata Tyszkiewicz](/source/Beata_Tyszkiewicz) as aunt Hurlecka
* [Tadeusz Łomnicki](/source/Tadeusz_%C5%81omnicki) as uncle Hurlecki
* [Artur Żmijewski](/source/Artur_%C5%BBmijewski_(actor)) as Kopyrda
* Dorota Stalińska as Mrs. Young
* [Jan Peszek](/source/Jan_Peszek) as Mr. Young
* [Judith Godrèche](/source/Judith_Godr%C3%A8che) as Zoo Young
* [Jerzy Bińczycki](/source/Jerzy_Bi%C5%84czycki) as professor Filidor
* [Kalina Jędrusik](/source/Kalina_J%C4%99drusik) as professor Filidor's wife
* [Beata Poźniak](/source/Beata_Po%C5%BAniak) as Flora Gente
* Magdalena Wójcik as Joey's servant
* [Robert Więckiewicz](/source/Robert_Wi%C4%99ckiewicz) as Poppy
* [Dariusz Gnatowski](/source/Dariusz_Gnatowski) as Pyzo
* Krzysztof Janczar as Leo
* [Zbigniew Zamachowski](/source/Zbigniew_Zamachowski) as Tom
* [Jerzy Skolimowski](/source/Jerzy_Skolimowski) as head teacher Piórkowski
* Marek Probosz as Syphonus
* Fabienne Babe as Sophie

== Production ==
It was produced in [France](/source/France) and [Poland](/source/Poland) by Million Frames Limited and Cinea. The film premiered at the [48th Venice International Film Festival](/source/48th_Venice_International_Film_Festival) in September 1991 and released in Poland on 21 February 1992.<ref name=filmpolski/><ref name=imdb/>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104252/ 30 Door Key]'' on [IMDb](/source/IMDb)
* ''[https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=123043 30 Door Key]'' on filmpolski.pl (in Polish)

{{Jerzy Skolimowski}}

Category:1991 films
Category:1991 British films
Category:1991 French films
Category:1991 drama films
Category:British drama films
Category:Polish drama films
Category:French drama films
Category:Films set in 1939
Category:Middle school films
Category:Films about society
Category:Films about social class
Category:Films about writers
Category:Films set in Warsaw
Category:Films shot in Poland
Category:1991 English-language films
Category:Films directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Category:English-language Polish films
Category:Films based on Polish novels
Category:Films based on works by Witold Gombrowicz
Category:English-language drama films
Category:1991 Polish films

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