--- title: 'The Polka King (2017)' type: 'film' director: 'Wallace Wolodarsky' released: '2017-01-22' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'History' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-polka-king-2017' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5539052/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Polka King (2017) 2017 · 95 min · Comedy, History, Crime · United States ## Synopsis The Polka King is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Maya Forbes and written by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. The film is about real-life Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan, who was imprisoned in 2004 for running a Ponzi scheme. The film stars Jack Black as Lewan, as well as Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, and Jacki Weaver. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. It was released on Netflix on January 12, 2018. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Jack Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-black), [Wallace Wolodarsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-wolodarsky), [Stuart Cornfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-cornfeld), [David Permut](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-permut) - **Director:** [Wallace Wolodarsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-wolodarsky), [Maya Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-forbes) - **Screenplay:** [Wallace Wolodarsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-wolodarsky), [Maya Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-forbes) - **Editor:** [Catherine Haight](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-haight) ## Cast - [Jack Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-black) - [J. B. Smoove](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-b-smoove) - [Jacki Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacki-weaver) - [Jason Schwartzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-schwartzman) - [Jenny Slate](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-slate) - [Robert Capron](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-capron) - [Vanessa Bayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-bayer) - [Willie Garson](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-garson) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-polka-king-2017 Film facts: Wikidata (Q27703194); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.