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Death as a Slice of Bread (1994)
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Original name: Śmierć jak kromka chleba
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The violence and high drama of this film is taken directly from recent Polish history. On December 13, 1981 national security forces swoop down on unsuspecting workers of the Wujek mine and arrest a Solidarity leader. Pushed to the limits, the miners call a massive strike, which is specifically forbidden under the martial law. A battle between the heavily armed police and the outnumbered miners ensues, and nine miners are killed.
Style:
historical drama, brutal, intense, period piece, suspense, political drama
Plot:
protest, martial law, violence, strike, police brutality, riot, tragedy, resistance, working class, oppression, authoritarianism, civil unrest, miner, fear, shooting, cold war era, grief, mourning, angst, mine, magic realism, tank, army, massacre, communism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out historical drama, period piece, bleak and tense films with plots about oppression, resistance, moral ambiguity, betrayal, protest, working class and politics mostly in Drama, History and Action genres. Some movies like Death as a Slice of Bread: Black Thursday (2011), Fever (1981), Short Working Day (1995), Orderers (1974), Man of Iron (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 116 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 73 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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