
Polish Wedding
A matriarch juggles her large Polish family while hiding a long-term affair. When her daughter becomes pregnant by a neighbor cop, the family pressures him into marriage-but will the wedding actually happen?
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Released
- 1998
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1998
Storyline
A matriarch juggles her large Polish family while hiding a long-term affair. When her daughter becomes pregnant by a neighbor cop, the family pressures him into marriage-but will the wedding actually happen?
Top credits
Claire Danes ā Hala
Gabriel Byrne ā Bolek
Lena Olin ā Jadzia- Jon Bradford ā Sailor
Did you know
⢠First screen appearance, as an uncredited teen neighbor, by "Veronica Mars" star Kristen Bell.
⢠Filmed in Hamtramck, Michigan, a 2.2-square-mile enclave located inside the city of Detroit, that was largely a Polish community for the bulk of the 20th century.
⢠The police car, motorcycle, and badge #32 used by Russell were actual Hamtramck Police Department equipment that the production company got from the city where the movie was being filmed.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $692,588
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $92,055 (1998-07-19)
User reviews
Ordinary Characters, Extraordinary Film
... or maybe it's some other nationality
you misunderstood the movie's meaning
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color


















