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Short Working Day (1995)
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Original name: Krótki dzień pracy
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, political drama
Plot:
working class, violence, civil unrest, bureaucracy, cold war era, social realism, character study, ethical dilemma, renaissance, government, clerk, political party, politics, job, worker, demonstration, solidarity, communist, censorship, aquarium, window, megaphone, committee
Time:
70s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period piece, bleak, serious and historical drama films with plots about social realism, working class, character study, moral ambiguity, politics, communism and corruption mostly in Drama, History and Biography genres. Some movies like Short Working Day: The Traitors (1973), The Calm (1976), The Scar (1976), Death as a Slice of Bread (1994), The Collector (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Argentina
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 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: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, captivating, bleak, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
existential, melancholic, bleak, intellectual, tragic
Plot:
corruption, grief, character study, moral dilemma, family drama, existential crisis, bureaucracy, frustration, social realism, betrayal, class struggle, anti hero ...
Time:
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Place:
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54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
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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Country: Poland
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
A woman whose passport was denied under the previous Communist regime by a vindictive party secretary is given a chance to confront the woman and take revenge.
Style:
suspense, period piece, art house
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
poland
Similarity:
50%
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Country: Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, melancholic, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
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321
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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501
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
grim, bleak, period piece
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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Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Story:
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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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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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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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
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Story:
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tension, suspense, period drama
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Time:
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poland
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Story:
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Style:
serious, thought provoking, historical drama, period piece
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chile, latin america
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Duration: 109 min.
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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