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The Quack (1982)
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Original name: Znachor
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, serious, sentimental, emotional, offbeat, realistic, sincere, surreal, gloomy
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
memory loss, life is a bitch, surgeon, losing-it hero, prodigy, daughter, love and romance, witch doctor, healer, polish, village life, amnesia, true love, downfall, estrangement, road not taken, social relations, motorcycle accident, rich and poor, changing lives, visceral, fish out of water, surgical operation, saving a life, father daughter reunion ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, touching and emotional films with plots about love and romance, couples, society, family relations, fall in love, love and village mostly in Drama, Romance and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Quack: Forgotten Love (2023), What the Day Owes the Night (2012), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), The Notebook (2004), The Outlander (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A once-respected surgeon who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
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Plot:
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Duration: 138 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: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 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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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 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: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: Austria, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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: China
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
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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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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touching, emotional, serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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