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The Structure of Crystal (1969)
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Original name: Struktura kryształu
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Physicist John worked as a meteorologist. He lives in a small village with his wife, a teacher. Meanwhile, his friend from university, Mark, is doing a research career. Trying to get John to return to academic work in the capital. Mark is not convinced by the arguments of John. Clash of two attitudes, characters, ideas about the meaning of life.
Style:
poetic, intellectual, masterpiece
Plot:
renaissance, moral dilemma, identity, old friend, provincial life, university, scientist, science, meaning of life, physics, physicist, school teacher, weatherman, countryside, point of view, discussion, university student, married, persuasion
Time:
year 1969
Place:
poland, eastern europe, warsaw poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, existential, intellectual and art house films with plots about renaissance, character study, identity, alienation, betrayal, moral ambiguity and psychological drama mostly in Drama, Sport and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Structure of Crystal: The Illumination (1973), Behind The Wall (1971), The Constant Factor (1980), Spiral (1978), The Pad (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, intellectual, tragic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspense, sinister, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, melancholic, tension, suspenseful, sinister
Plot:
character study, deception, friendship, intimate, identity, working class, moral dilemma, betrayal, impostor, slow burn, machismo, switching roles ...
Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
meta, art house, poignant, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
renaissance, film set, respect, behind the scenes, tribute, loss, tragedy, nostalgia, memory, mourning, grief, film history ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
grim, bleak, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
warsaw poland, poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1980
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, period piece, art house
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, art house, dark comedy, tragicomedy, avant garde ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
warsaw poland, eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
renaissance, poet, polish history, mythology, poetry, wedding, ghost, satire, performer's life, couples, family relations, revolution ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
reflective, bleak, melancholic, dramatic, road movie ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
avant garde, poetic, intellectual, dramatic, intense ...
Plot:
theater, performance art, adaptation, literary, monologue, corruption, political intrigue, power, identity, betrayal, revenge, historical figure ...
Place:
florence
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
reflective, existential, melancholic, bleak, philosophical ...
Plot:
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