Calls Controlled (Polish: Rozmowy kontrolowane) is a Polish black comedy film directed by Sylwester Chęciński and released in 1991. It is a sequel to the 1980 film Teddy Bear and was followed in 2007 by Ryś (lynx).

Calls Controlled
PolishRozmowy kontrolowane
Directed bySylwester Chęciński
Written byStanisław Tym
Starring
CinematographyJerzy Stawicki
Music byJerzy Matuszkiewicz
Production
company
Zespól Filmowy "Zodiak"
Distributed byHelios
Release date
  • 13 December 1991 (1991-12-13) (Poland)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

Synopsis

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In December 1981, Ryszard Ochódzki (nicknamed "Miś"—teddy bear), a communist sympathizer and president of the sports club "Tęcza", is tasked with infiltrating the Solidarity trade union by his acquaintance, Colonel Zygmunt Molibden, with whom he has various clandestine interests, and whose wife he is sleeping with.

Equipped with a Solidarity ID card and a photo taken with Lech Wałęsa, Ochódzki goes to Suwałki, where he falls under martial law. Through a series of unlikely incidents, he finds himself on the run from the secret police (SB).

Meanwhile, General Zambik, Molibden's superior, informs him that he is aware of his dealings with Ochódzki. Out of concern for his own career and safety, Molibden decides to have Miś killed. SB lieutenant Jan Nogałka unsuccessfully tries to strangle the fugitive and ends up trapped in a poacher's snare in the forest. Ochódzki seeks refuge with his aunt Lusia in Rembertów, where Molibden finds him and offers to help him escape to Sweden, disguised as a woman. He doesn't keep his word, however, and the plot fails.

On New Year's Eve, Ochódzki hides in a toilet of the Palace of Culture and Science, where all high-ranking dignitaries, including Zambik and Molibden, are celebrating. When he flushes, the entire edifice collapses, leaving Ochódzki as the only one to escape the rubble.

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