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Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish film makers
Touched with the fire and rebellion of a new generation of Polish fil...
Drama, Romance, War - 1958
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It's May 1945, and Nazi Germany has just surrendered. The war is over, but not in Poland. As the German soldiers vacate, the remaining Russian forces and Polish resistance fighters must work out the hierarchies of power in "liberated" Communist Poland. A Polish assassin is given orders to kill a Russian soldier whom he, days before, was fighting alongside, and this moral conflict makes him question the goals for which he has been fighting.
Director:
,
Andrzej Wajda
Cast:
,
Ewa Krzyżewska
,
Zbigniew Cybulski
,
Wacław Zastrzeżynski
,
Adam Pawlikowski
,
Bogumił Kobiela
,
Halina Kwiatkowska
,
Barbara Krafftówna
,
Jan Ciecierski

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
3 Oct 1958
Country:
PL
Languages:
Polish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film 1 win & 2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Honest, brutally powerful and often shocking.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
26 Mar 2013
fresh:
Wajda tends toward harsh and overstated imagery, but he achieves a fascinating psychological rapport with his lead actor, Zbigniew Cybulski.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
26 Apr 2001
fresh:
Zbigniew Cybulski as the hero is sensitive, attractive and alert -- a lad with humor and compassion. One is strongly drawn to him.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Taut thriller about immediate postwar Poland also has a heavier theme of the futility of killing and violence. Its technical knowhow, fine acting and directorial prowess make this an above average drama.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Only Wajda, though, could muster such a mood, with everyone feeding on smoke and booze, and the assembled company, at the end, dancing to a cracked polonaise.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
26 Mar 2013
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