Product Details

• Actors: Stanislaw Tym; Barbara Burska; K. Kowalewski
• Directors: Stanislaw Bareja
• Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD, Full length, Import, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Polish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: MGE
• DVD Release Date: March 12, 2004
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006VVN9A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,353 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Teddy Bear -- MIS" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The ups and downs of everyday life in Poland during the last years of communism are spoofed in this hilarious Polish comedy of errors. The president of a sports club, Ryszard Ochodzki-nicknamed Bear-tries to travel to London with his team, but his ex-wife has sabotaged his passport. While Bear is stopped at the border with a faulty passport, his ex plans to hurry to London to empty their joint bank account.A hit comedy in Poland, TEDDY BEAR launched acclaimed writer Stanislaw Tym’s career as a satirist and spawned a successful sequel, Calls Controlled.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Film About Daily Life in 1970s Poland, December 11, 2004

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Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teddy Bear -- MIS (DVD)

"Mis" (or "Teddy Bear" in English), directed by Stanislaw Bareja, is a hilarious comedy about people cheating each other every chance they can. To an extent, it is also about daily life in 1970s in Poland. Ryszard Ochodzki (as played by Stanislaw Tym) discovers some pages of his passport are ripped out, preventing him from going to London where he keeps a bank account. He suspects his ex-wife damaged his passport so that she could withdraw the money first.

He tricks his new girlfriend into helping him get a new passport. She knew that he was cheated with his passport, so now she agrees to do the same in helping him get a new one. As part of their scheme, their friend (who makes films) does a search for a look-a-like, under the guise of staring in one of his films.

One of the funniest scenes in the film is when the filmmakers are shooting the "hunt" scene. Lacking a rabbit, they take a cat and put rabbit fur and ears on it. They release the cat and film the dogs casing the "rabbit" up a tree.

"Mis," made in 1981, is an entertaining 111-minute film poking fun at many situations in 1970s Poland. Understanding the historical and political climate of 1970s Poland makes the film even funnier, but is sure to be funny even with minimal knowledge of this. Additionally, as with any comedy in another language, some of the humor is lost in the subtitles. If you understand Polish, "Mis" is even funnier.

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, light satire about Poland under communism, October 4, 2011

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K. Gordon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teddy Bear -- MIS (DVD)

Apparently quite beloved in its native Poland, this is a very amusing,
sometimes over the top satire of life under the bureaucracy of
communism.

The president of a soccer club tries to hold things together when his
wife destroys his passport just before he has to leave a trip to play
in the UK, so she can beat him there and steal some money they stashed
away.

Everyone is playing and coning everyone else, with sometimes
unpredictable results.

Not a great film, but a breezy enjoyable one.