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Polish Death (1995)
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Original name: Polska śmierć
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Young man frustrated with his life and pointless job becomes one of the suspects in serial killer investigation, but he suspects someone else...
Style:
tense, dark, suspenseful, grim, crime thriller, bleak, noir, art house
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, investigation, false accusation, obsession, isolation, alienation, urban, male protagonist, identity crisis, paranoia, moral ambiguity, mental disorder, stalker, cat and mouse, slow burn, anti hero, dark humor, death, murder, university, television, blood, male female relationship, tram ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
poland
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Story:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Story:
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