# Hydrozagadka
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{{Short description|1971 Polish film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Hydrozagadka
| caption =
| director = [Andrzej Kondratiuk](/source/Andrzej_Kondratiuk)
| producer = [Jerzy Rutowicz](/source/Jerzy_Rutowicz)
| writer = [Andrzej Bonarski](/source/Andrzej_Bonarski)
[Andrzej Kondratiuk](/source/Andrzej_Kondratiuk)
| starring = [Józef Nowak](/source/J%C3%B3zef_Nowak)
[Wiesław Michnikowski](/source/Wies%C5%82aw_Michnikowski)
[Roman Kłosowski](/source/Roman_K%C5%82osowski)
[Zdzisław Maklakiewicz](/source/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Maklakiewicz)
[Franciszek Pieczka](/source/Franciszek_Pieczka)
| music = [Waldemar Kazanecki](/source/Waldemar_Kazanecki)
| cinematography = [Zygmunt Samosiuk](/source/Zygmunt_Samosiuk)
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1971|04|30|df=yes}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| language = Polish
| budget =
}}
[[File:Quotation from film 'Hydrozagadka' advertising XXXIV Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 2009 - 1.jpg|270px|thumb|Quotation from film 'Hydrozagadka' advertising XXXIV [Polish Film Festival](/source/Polish_Film_Festival) in Gdynia 2009]]
'''''Hydrozagadka''''' is a Polish [superhero](/source/superhero) comedy film.
The movie was ostensibly created as a [Communist](/source/Communism) [parody](/source/parody) of the [American](/source/United_States) ideals glorified in [Superman](/source/Superman) and other superhero films, however Polish audiences instead felt that the film humorously parodied aspects of Polish life under [Communist rule](/source/People's_Republic_of_Poland), such as the many [slogan](/source/slogan)s for a "better life."[''"Rozmowa umila pracę, porozmawiam z panem"'' (''"Conversation makes work more pleasant, so I will talk to you, sir"'') [http://hydrozagadka.filmweb.pl/f6271/Hydrozagadka,1970/opisy Hydrozagadka] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303061515/http://hydrozagadka.filmweb.pl/f6271/Hydrozagadka,1970/opisy |date=2010-03-03 }} Filmweb.pl (Polish). Retrieved November 26, 2009.]
Hydrozagadka premiered on 30 April 1971 on [Polish television](/source/television_in_Poland).[[http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/124485 Hydrozagadka] FilmPolski.pl (Polish). Retrieved November 26, 2009.]
== Plot ==
During a summer [heat wave](/source/heat_wave), all the water in [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw) is puzzlingly disappearing. Scientists secretly call upon As (''[Ace](/source/Ace%2C_Polish_Superhero)''), a superhero who passes his days living as a mild-mannered engineer, to try to solve the mystery. It turns out that a mysterious [Maharaja](/source/Maharaja) is in league with Doctor Spot to steal Poland's water and take it to the Maharaja's country.
== Cast ==
* [Roman Kłosowski](/source/Roman_K%C5%82osowski) - Prince of Kabur
* [Zdzisław Maklakiewicz](/source/Zdzis%C5%82aw_Maklakiewicz) - Dr. Spot
* [Wiesław Michnikowski](/source/Wies%C5%82aw_Michnikowski) - Professor Milczarek
* [Józef Nowak](/source/J%C3%B3zef_Nowak) - Jan Walczak / Ace
* [Iga Cembrzyńska](/source/Iga_Cembrzy%C5%84ska) - Woman in Bar
* [Wiesława Mazurkiewicz](/source/Wies%C5%82awa_Mazurkiewicz) - Florist
* [Ewa Szykulska](/source/Ewa_Szykulska) - Jola
* {{Interlanguage link|Jerzy Dobrowolski|pl}} - Translator
* [Jerzy Duszyński](/source/Jerzy_Duszy%C5%84ski_(actor)) - Docent Frątczak
* [Wiesław Gołas](/source/Wies%C5%82aw_Go%C5%82as) - Taxi Driver
* {{Interlanguage link|Bolesław Kamiński|pl}} - The Little
* {{Interlanguage link|Czesław Lasota|pl}} - Walczak's Friend
* [Franciszek Pieczka](/source/Franciszek_Pieczka) - Sailor
* {{Interlanguage link|Wojciech Rajewski|pl}} - Walczak's friend
* [Jerzy Turek](/source/Jerzy_Turek) - crossing keeper
* [Witold Skaruch](/source/Witold_Skaruch) - Walczak's friend
* [Andrzej Kondratiuk](/source/Andrzej_Kondratiuk) - waggoner
== Crew ==
* Director - [Andrzej Kondratiuk](/source/Andrzej_Kondratiuk)
* Writing credits - [Andrzej Kondratiuk](/source/Andrzej_Kondratiuk), [Andrzej Bonarski](/source/Andrzej_Bonarski)
* Cinematography - [Zygmunt Samosiuk](/source/Zygmunt_Samosiuk)
* Music - [Waldemar Kazanecki](/source/Waldemar_Kazanecki)
* Scenography - [Jarosław Świtoniak](/source/Jaros%C5%82aw_%C5%9Awitoniak)
* Filmsetting - [Jadwiga Zajicek](/source/Jadwiga_Zajicek)
* Costumes - [Joanna Radzka](/source/Joanna_Radzka), [Alicja Ptaszyńska](/source/Alicja_Ptaszy%C5%84ska)
* Executive producer - [Jerzy Rutowicz](/source/Jerzy_Rutowicz)
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0172577|title=Hydrozagadka}}
* [http://www.superheroeslives.com/internationals/hydrozagadka_(1970).htm ''Hydrozagadka''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911074646/http://www.superheroeslives.com/internationals/hydrozagadka_(1970).htm |date=2015-09-11 }} at Superheroes Lives
* [http://hydrozagadka.filmweb.pl/ "Hydrozagadka" at the filmweb.pl]
* [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/124485 ''Hydrozagadka''] on [Polish Internet Movie Database](/source/Polish_Internet_Movie_Database)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110104094845/http://zlotyleszcz.webpark.pl/glowna.htm archive version of the site (probably unfinished) about the movie ''Hydrozagatka'' created by a fan]
Category:1971 films
Category:1970s superhero comedy films
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Category:1970s Polish-language films
Category:Films set in Warsaw
Category:Parodies of Superman
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