Despite having been known to Polish children for many generations, the film gained renewed fame in the 2000s for starring two of the country's future leaders: Lech Kaczyński, who served as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in a 2010 plane crash, and his identical twin brother Jarosław Kaczyński,[1] the Prime Minister of Poland from 2006 to 2007, Chief of Office of the President of Poland from 1990 to 1991, and current chairman of the Law and Justice party.
The two twins, Jacek and Placek, start out as cruel and lazy boys whose main interest is eating, eating anything, including chalk and a sponge in school.
The twins escape and then run home and promise to help their parents with their work as farmers.
An animated version of the film was also produced in 1984, with virtually the same plot.
The film has been compared to the Beatles' involvement in Yellow Submarine, as they were both designed to boost said groups' popularity.