It was the Polish submission for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
[2] Shooting for the film began in November 2004 and was completed on January 5, 2005.
[3] The "collector" of the title is Lucjan Bohme, a bailiff employed to collect debts for a court in the town of Wałbrzych.
[4][5] He carries out his job with ruthless efficiency until a meeting with a former girlfriend, now struggling to bring up her child, leads him to question his attitudes.
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