| Being Forty | |
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| Genre | Sitcom Comedy drama |
| Created by | Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz |
| Directed by | Jerzy Gruza |
| Starring | Andrzej Kopiczyński, Anna Seniuk, Irena Kwiatkowska |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Original language | Polish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | Telewizja Polska (TVP) |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1975 – 1978 |
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Being Forty (Polish: Czterdziestolatek, alt. spelling: 40-latek, lit.: The Forty-Year-Old) is a Polish television comedy series originally broadcast in Poland between 1975 and 1978. The initial series enjoyed so much popularity that it was continued and led to the release of a feature film I'm a Butterfly, a 40-year-old's Love Affair and a New Year's Eve television program in 1975.
The series was written by Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and was broadcast on Telewizja Polska. In total, 21 episodes were produced.[1]
The series followed the fate of a Warsaw family and explored topics related to midlife crisis, such as extra-marital affairs, attempts to quit smoking, obsession with hair loss, efforts to maintain physical fitness, pride in achievements and professional life, the desire to seek self-fulfillment through social activities, etc.
20 years later the series was remade in the mid-1990s with a cast that included Joanna Kurowska, Wojciech Mann and Wojciech Malajkat.
- ^ Haltof, M. (2002). Polish National Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-57181-275-9.