The Big Animal (Polish: Duże zwierzę) is a 2000 Polish film directed by Jerzy Stuhr from a screenplay by Krzysztof Kieślowski, based on a short story Wielbłąd (1995) by Kazimierz Orłoś.

[1][2][3] Mr. Zygmunt Sawicki is a bank employee, who finds a camel in his yard one day.

However, problems arise for both his fellow town-dwellers and the local authorities.

The film was shot in the following locations: Warsaw, Tymbark, Myślenice, Rabka.

On 8 July 2000, the film was first released at the 35th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize, in tie with Peppermint Candy.