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Jun 5, 2009 · The Man Who Would Be Polka King: Directed by Joshua Brown, John Mikulak. With Michael Byrne, Pete Chacho, Catherine Damavandi, Kent Jackson. A look at the rise and fall of band leader Jan Lewan, whose international Polka empire led to the greatest polka-related financial crime in history.
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Mar 16, 2018 · A press release for The Man Who Would Be Polka King, the 2009 documentary on which The King of Polka is based, described his allure and crimes thusly: “Like Bernie Madoff in sequins, Lewan built his fortune on an elaborate Ponzi scheme.
Lewan's life has been depicted in multiple films, first in the 2007 TV documentary Mystery of the Polka King, the 2009 documentary film The Man Who Would Be Polka King, and the 2017 American comedy film The Polka King, in which Lewandowski is portrayed by Jack Black, which was released on Netflix on January 12, 2018.
If life is a tragic-comedy, this doc hammers the point home, using American Legion-bound 'Polka expert' Stan Tadrowski (Greg Korin) to tie together the many fascinating interviews and...
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Overview. A polka kingdom crumbles in this documentary tracing the rise and fall of dubious duple meter master Jan Lewan. A Grammy-nominated polka superstar who defected from Poland to the West in the 1970s, Lewan created a musical empire that made him an internationally-recognized figure.
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