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Fever (1981)
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Original name: Gorączka
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of young inexperienced terrorists fighting against Tsarist oppression. The story follows the passing of this bomb from anarchist to anarchist as several attempts are made on the life of Tsarist governor general, until, at the end, it is effectively and harmlessly defused by a bomb expert. The presence of the bomb has a destroying effect on all of the Polish revolutionaries, they either die or breakdown.
Style:
tension, historical drama, bleak, suspense, intense, period piece, art house
Plot:
revolution, bomb, anarchism, terrorism, political oppression, underground movement, political violence, paranoia, moral ambiguity, civil unrest, secret society, conspiracy, loss of innocence, sacrifice, sabotage, fatalism, renaissance, magic realism, prison, police, violence, politics, undercover, corruption, male female relationship ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, historical drama, bleak and art house films with plots about moral ambiguity, politics, betrayal, biopic, conspiracy, revolution and sacrifice mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Fever: Death as a Slice of Bread (1994), Daas (2011), The Magnate (1987), The Conspirators (1969), Death of a President (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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historical drama, brutal, intense, period piece, suspense ...
Plot:
protest, martial law, violence, strike, police brutality, riot, working class, tragedy, civil unrest, oppression, resistance, authoritarianism ...
Time:
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Place:
poland
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95%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Jest rok 1776. Radca wiedeńskiej Kancelarii Nadwornej Henryk Klein (Mariusz Bonaszewski) otrzymuje skargę na hrabiego Jakuba Franka (Olgierd Łukaszewicz), który kilkanaście lat wcześniej został skazany za głoszenie herezji i zbiegł do ...
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Plot:
investigation, mysterious man, messiah, warning, religious leader, worship, uncover truth, religious cult, jewish history, political intrigue, conspiracy, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Place:
vienna, galicia, poland
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93%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, West Germany, East Germany
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
This Polish historical drama film traces the fascinating saga of a wealthy, princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935.
Style:
family saga
Plot:
renaissance, nazism, monarchy, dynasty, female nudity, nazi, aristocracy, brotherhood, mine, palace, incest, man in a wheelchair ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, pre world war two, 1920s, 1910s ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola (Tognazzi) and colonel Nardoni (Salerno) are in charge to suppress liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia (Manfredi) got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada (Ekland) is a spy and is going to denounce his ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, dramatic, political thriller ...
Plot:
revolution, betrayal, conspiracy, sacrifice, tragedy, oppression, moral dilemma, political intrigue, authoritarianism, secret society, execution, spy ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until ...
Style:
period piece, tense, bleak, costume drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
assassination, election, nationalism, political conflict, fanaticism, biopic, democracy, intrigue, moral ambiguity, great war, renaissance, world war two ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the period prior to the revolt in Timisoara in December 1989 and mirroring the events that led to the downfall of the dictator Ceausescu. -- BFI
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, tense, art house, bleak ...
Plot:
dictatorship, totalitarianism, oppression, revolution, fear, surveillance, guilt, protest, atonement, revolt, anxiety, reconciliation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, romania
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Kieślowski’s study of a political strike, controversially told from the viewpoint of a Communist functionary trying to keep order.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, serious, intense, educational ...
Plot:
working class, violence, civil unrest, character study, cold war era, social realism, ethical dilemma, bureaucracy, renaissance, political party, government, clerk ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Film by Melnikov.
Style:
historical drama, reflective, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
suicide, justice, legacy, tragic past, investigation, ethical dilemma, political intrigue, moral ambiguity, biopic, political repression, conspiracy, revolution ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Antoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
militia, tragedy, repression, political protest, authoritarianism, fight, historical event, military, soldier, military life, battles, cold war ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, grim, intense, tension ...
Plot:
algerian war, police brutality, racism, violence, massacre, protest, immigration, civil rights, social injustice, police corruption, political repression, ethnic conflict ...
Time:
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Place:
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66%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland
Duration: 154 min.
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Story:
Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, dramatic, tension, tense ...
Plot:
activism, nationalism, civil unrest, independence movement, realism, political intrigue, class conflict, revolutionary, frustration, power struggle, idealism, riot ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
finland, russia
Similarity:
60%
394
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the ...
Style:
psychological, political, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stalinism, torture, catholic, character study, biopic, faith, physical torture, problem, male female relationship, abuse of power, interrogation, totalitarianism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
On March 16 1978, the Red Brigade kidnap the Chief of the Christian Democraty, the party in power in Italy since the end of the war. Fifty-five days later, his corpse was found in the trunk of a red Renault.
Style:
historical drama, tension, political thriller, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, kidnapping, political violence, power struggle, political unrest, hostage situation, social commentary, conspiracy, mourning, moral ambiguity, investigation ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at the end of the 16th century, after the original ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, epic, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, ussr
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Thailand
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, political, tragic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
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Duration: 175 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
51%
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Country: Poland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
intellectual, pre war
Plot:
renaissance, world war two, communism, tram, single mother, neighbor, politics, sacrifice, false accusation, torture, death of father, jail ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film follows in the wake of young Rosa who flees bomb-stricken Berlin in the autumn of 1943 and heads to a small, isolated village near the eastern border. This is where her in-laws live and where her husband, who’s deployed on the front, has ...
Style:
bleak, intense, tense, grim, suspense ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, moral dilemma, paranoia, survival, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, claustrophobia, sisterhood, occupation, poisoning ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. The hussars, mostly ordinary men, have heard news of the uprising and wish to return to the homeland to defend the newly independent country. The Empire, on the other ...
Style:
tense, tension, melancholic, epic, period drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revolution, patriotism, military, desertion, escape, sacrifice, pursuit, courage, brotherhood, cavalry, nationalism, survival ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The assassin of a prominent trade unionist takes a conservative MP hostage and the government prevaricates over tactics so as not to alienate potential political allies.
Style:
tense, historical drama, political thriller, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
military dictatorship, greek history, assassination, moral ambiguity, labor movement, authoritarianism, hostage situation, conspiracy, betrayal, prison, police brutality, class conflict ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The first motion picture film by Agnieszka Holland about loneliness, longing for affection, and misfortune. Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with a inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, ...
Style:
bleak
Plot:
loneliness, poverty, alienation, isolation, social realism, female protagonist, single mother, theft, tragic romance, working class, melancholy, desperation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, west berlin west germany, poland
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Drama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her death and her posthumous return to Vilnius.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, melancholic, art house
Plot:
renaissance, biopic, polish history, royalty, tragic love, tragedy, royal romance, female protagonist, aristocracy, grief, flashback, political intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, lithuania
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
During the interwar period, a Lithuanian geography professor tries to convince the government to establish a backup state overseas, in order to save their country from ruin. However, the idea is mostly mocked and opposed. Still, there is hope in the ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
politics, revolution, social problems, political unrest, war, frustration, moral dilemma, idealism, nationalism, sacrifice, bureaucracy, exodus ...
Time:
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Place:
lithuania
Similarity:
41%
281
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland, France, Belgium, Ukraine
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to ...
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period piece, historical drama, emotional, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
insurrection, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, russian empire, identity crisis, nationalism, forbidden love, occupation, loss of innocence, betrayal, coming of age, tragic romance ...
Time:
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Place:
poland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs, 'Carol of the Bells' adapted from a popular and loved Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The ...
Style:
family saga, poignant, historical drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, children, wartime, christmas, christmas carol, nazi occupation, life is a bitch, music, tragedy, persecution, sacrifice, survival ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1943, year 1978, year 1941 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Zsadányi flees from the authorities with his goddaughter, Bankós Mari, and they escape into the forest. The film then skips ahead thirty-fold years: Zsadány and Mari are now lovers, with the sound of war in the background halting their romance. ...
Style:
historical drama, dark, period piece, intense, tense ...
Plot:
execution, class struggle, political conflict, betrayal, political repression, socialism, tragedy, landowner, forbidden love, nazi, loss, moral dilemma ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The Defenestration of Prague, which took place on May 23, 1618, was the decisive historical moment that unleashed the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) between several Catholic and Protestant states and changed the course of European history forever.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, serious, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
catholicism, religious conflict, power struggle, political intrigue, rebellion, religious persecution, betrayal, revolution, dynasty, battlefield, biopic, european history ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, czech republic, central europe, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 55 min.
Story:
Not Reconciled, the title of the Straubs’ first feature-length film, is engraved on their work like an inscription. It is a story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, ...
Style:
historical drama, family saga, serious, period piece, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, reconciliation, german history, betrayal, memory, suppression, family secret, post war germany, moral ambiguity, revenge, symbolism, loyalty ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Anxo returns to his home village in the Galician countryside. There, he is greeted with concern by the victorious and the defeated, who see in him the danger of diving back into their silenced memories.
Style:
historical drama, atmospheric, melancholic, meditative, bleak ...
Plot:
political repression, dictatorship, post war, oppression, post civil war, authoritarianism, resistance, trauma, minimalism, forest, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
galicia
Similarity:
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