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Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz (HD)

trouchelle · 4.3M views · 2015-04-25 · 1:20

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Overview

A colorized clip from the 1970 Polish comedy film 'How I Unleashed World War II' in which a character must pronounce the tongue-twisting name Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz for a Gestapo officer.

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Mostly posted as a joke in threads about Polish, Unicode or hard-to-pronounce names, and loved as a comedy scene.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2020–2025

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What people said

nosianu · 2025-12 · Recommendation

Ah, Polish. I love this movie scene, which I learned about here on HN some time ago: "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz" -- [VIDEO]

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nosianu · 2025-12 · Joke / meme

Oh yes, Polish, the difficulty is shown in this 1:19 slice from a movie: "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz " -- [VIDEO]

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Polizeiposaune · 2024-11 · Joke / meme

The interaction brings to mind Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz: [VIDEO] (from the Polish comedy film "How I Unleashed World War II")

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Video by trouchelle, played through YouTube.

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