Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaCinematography:
Jerzy WójcikCast:
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżyński, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumił Kobiela, Jan Ciecierski, Stanislaw Milski, Artur Mlodnicki (more)VOD (3)
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The entire film takes place on 8 May 1945, when the war in Europe ended with Germany's formal surrender – but while other countries celebrated, Poland's postwar power struggle was only just beginning. In depicting the various factions jockeying for position, including ambitious Communists, aristocratic patriots, cynical journalists and anti-Nazi rebels recently emerged from the Warsaw sewers, Wajda brilliantly anatomises a riven country desperately trying to find its identity at a time when a fifth of its population had recently been killed and many more driven into exile. Maciek Chelmicki (Zbigniew Cybulski) embodies this conflict: outwardly a calculating assassin, his ultra-cool façade begins to crack when he badly botches a mission, falls in love with the barmaid Krystyna (Ewa Krzyzewska) and dares to dream of a life outside the armed resistance that's characterised his entire adult life. (Arrow Films)
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catchXXII | Other | 06/06/2008 | ||
vandalka | DVD | 04/18/2008 | ||
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Iggy | Other | 01/22/2008 | ||
vok | DVD | 12/17/2007 | ||
Phaedra | Other | 12/14/2007 | ||
AGASlayer | DVD | 10/05/2007 | ||
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Davered | Other | 02/15/2007 | ||
hydergine | Other | 01/27/2007 | ||
Zany | Other | 01/21/2007 | ||
J_Fiu | Other | 12/08/2006 | ||
faana21 | DVD | 11/15/2006 | ||
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MarianL | DVD | 07/29/2006 | ||
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Koron | DVD | 01/07/2006 | ||
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