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Death of a President (1977)
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Original name: Śmierć prezydenta
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 his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
Style:
tense, period piece, bleak, dramatic, costume drama, tragic, political drama
Plot:
assassination, election, nationalism, political conflict, democracy, fanaticism, biopic, intrigue, moral ambiguity, world war two, renaissance, interwar period, great war, law and order, art exhibition, painter, police, president, riot, anti semitism, socialism, gallery, prime minister, minister, parliament ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, period piece, historical drama and bleak films with plots about biopic, nationalism, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, betrayal, patriotism and political intrigue mostly in History, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Death of a President: Fever (1981), Lenin in Poland (1966), Coup d'Etat (1973), The Tasters (2025), Scarborn (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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tension, historical drama, bleak, period piece, intense ...
Plot:
bomb, anarchism, revolution, terrorism, political violence, political oppression, underground movement, paranoia, moral ambiguity, civil unrest, conspiracy, sacrifice ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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95%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, bleak, thought provoking, intellectual, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war one, lenin, socialism, biopic, russian history, class struggle, bolshevik, exile, prison, imprisonment, character study, interrogation ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, galicia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
Style:
historical drama, political thriller, period piece, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, year 1936
Place:
japan
Similarity:
64%
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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:
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Time:
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Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, dramatic, historical drama ...
Plot:
oil industry, post war japan, oil, oil company, oil tycoon, historical figure, biopic, resilience, leadership, perseverance, entrepreneurship, ambition ...
Time:
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Place:
japan, iran
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, heroic, suspenseful, tense, grim ...
Plot:
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Time:
18th century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
58%
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:
57%
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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:
55%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, François Touraine, a young piano prodigy, has no choice but to go and play in Germany to save the woman he loves. Because Rachel is Jewish in an age that no longer allows it... A great story of love, music and ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, poignant, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, paris france
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The United States was very concerned about the instability of the region, with Cuba on one end and the Dominican Republic on the other. Something had to be done. At first, Lt. Garcia Guerrero was proud to have been assigned as an aid to General ...
Style:
political thriller, historical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Poland
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, epic, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
16th century, 17th century
Place:
poland, ussr
Similarity:
53%
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:
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Time:
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Place:
finland, russia
Similarity:
51%
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Country: Soviet Union, East Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Film by Melnikov.
Style:
historical drama, reflective, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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51%
Genre: History
Country: India
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
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Place:
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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 ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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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: Ireland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, educational, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Ryszard Ber.
Style:
dramatic, tense, art house, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
16th century
Place:
warsaw poland, transylvania
Similarity:
49%
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Duration: 150 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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45%
464
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, tension, melancholic, epic, period drama ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
44%
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Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
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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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Duration: 140 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: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Country: Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 122 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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Similarity:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, lithuania, hungary
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Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, historical drama, bleak, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, West Germany, East Germany
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
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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:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, bleak, realistic, reflective, period piece ...
Plot:
earthquake, survival, disaster, social commentary, social realism, community, empathy, solidarity, ruins, isolation, humanitarian, fate ...
Place:
former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina
Similarity:
40%
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