Movies and TV shows set in eastern europe – page 4

List of movies set in eastern europe

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Provincial Actors (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production gets his usual stereotypical role, but the aging ...
Style: crying, freeze frame
Plot: renaissance, bare chested male, shakespeare, coworker relationship, woman hits a man, theatre director, gay interest, theater, fired from the job, hypocritical woman, arrogant man, professional rivalry ...
Place: poland, eastern europe
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The Constant Factor (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the "emotional quotient" or the ability to bounce back from adverse, tragic circumstances. Witold has been ...
Style: intellectual
Plot: renaissance, mountaineer, frame up, job, father, fired from the job, father son relationship, dying, death, corruption, death of father, death of mother ...
Time: year 1980
Place: poland, eastern europe, himalaya
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 6.8
 229
Kontrakt (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the ...
Plot: renaissance, exhibitionist, male pubic hair, nudity, female pubic hair, wedding, party, sex, snow, doctor, female nudity, sauna ...
Time: year 1980
Place: eastern europe
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 5.5
 271
Lulu (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Lulu models for a young painter who tries to seduce her. When her husband enters the room he dies from a heart attack. Lulu marries the painter, who commits suicide when he finds out that she has been having a long standing affair with Dr Schon and ...
Style: sensual, erotic
Plot: erotica, fetish, girl, renaissance, sexploitation, horny wife, sex with stepmother, love triangle, father son relationship, top hat, prostitute, sex with stepson ...
Time: 1880s
Place: eastern europe, london
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And All That Jazz (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in 1952, film tells the story of young musicians playing - then forbidden - jazz music in basements and attics around Poland. The group hires itself to social parties, youth dances, etc, each time waiting for the management to disappear in order ...
Plot: radio station, dancing, renaissance, exile, propaganda, university, concert, jazz, teenage boy, communism, protest, josef stalin ...
Time: 1950s
Place: eastern europe
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 7.3
 4K
Man of Iron (1981)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 156 min.
Story: In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as ...
Style: political, contemplative, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot: strike, communism, protest, union, communist, revolution, labor, identity, fictional history, chaos, renaissance, kung fu ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 70s, 60s
Place: poland, ussr, eastern europe, europe
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 6.9
 520
Shivers (1981)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Set in the early 1950's, during the Stalin's Personality Cult. The story opens in a provincial town. Tomek's father, a former member of the Home Army is arrested so the mother is left with the task of raising two kids alone. The ...
Style: political
Plot: coming of age, exploitation, love letter, renaissance, boy, train, teenage boy, young boy, school, indoctrination, polish history, prisoner of war camp ...
Time: 1950s, post world war two
Place: eastern europe, poland
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 6.8
 285
Fever (1981)
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 ...
Plot: renaissance, magic realism, male female relationship, corruption, prison, police, violence, politics, mental breakdown, terrorism, undercover, revolt ...
Place: poland, eastern europe
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Short Working Day (1995)
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.
Plot: renaissance, political party, clerk, communist, government, politics, job, demonstration, worker, solidarity, window, aquarium ...
Place: poland, eastern europe
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The Weather Forecast (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The setting is an old age home run by an aging director with an authoritarian hand. In the evening many of the residents huddle in a living room, penetrated by the October cold, to listen to the news. The announcement is giving the number of ...
Plot: renaissance, chase, anxiety, escape, waiter, hippie, runaway, manager, rebel, drug addict, metaphor, panic ...
Time: 80s
Place: poland, eastern europe
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 7.3
 10K
Ragtime (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Style: clever, bleak, cult classic, independent film, controversial ...
Plot: racism, jazz, fighting the system, racial injustice, american history, trial, female nudity, friendship, murder, anarchist, piano, pianist ...
Time: year 1981, victorian era, 1910s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, eastern europe, harlem, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, ...
Style: surreal, cult classic, gothic horror, gothic, fairy tale ...
Plot: renaissance, evil scientist, inn, woods, rural setting, rich woman, prosthetic hand, cycling, mad scientist, opera singer, castle, mountain ...
Time: 19th century
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, central europe
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poland movies
590
european movies
994
balkan movies
201
 5.8
 645
Ferat Vampire (1982)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A doctor is shocked when his beloved colleague Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A scientist convinces him that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, semi serious, suspenseful, offbeat ...
Plot: vampire, killer car, car, dracula, renaissance, ghost car, automobile, monster car, killer, satire, investigation, car chase ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: czech republic, eastern europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, hungary
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 7.7
 96
Wielki bieg (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in 1952, the story follows events around the "Peace Run", a propaganda 3-day marathon for peace. The winner is to be presented with a new motorcycle by the country's president. Chief organizer is a ruthless manipulator who will ...
Plot: renaissance, stalinism, communist propaganda, political activist, communism, letter, president, race, male nudity, shower
Time: 1950s
Place: poland, eastern europe
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The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Film opens on December 18, 1999, just a few days before the dawn of the new century. A local reporter, Iron Idem, announces that the Martians have landed. Shortly after that his program loses its independence: he is given the script telling the ...
Style: surreal, allegory, corny
Plot: martian, post apocalypse, surrealism, dystopia, rock concert, police, renaissance, visitor, cold war, underground, distopia, critic ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future
Place: eastern europe
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From a Far Country (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, UK, Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Some years later Nazi Germany attacks Poland and invades the country while Wojtila seeks refuge at the ...
Style: contemplative, uplifting, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: pope, church, biopic, renaissance, saint, bible, catholic church, politics, rebellion, world war two, rebelliousness, against humanity ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, germany, europe, rome italy ...
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 7.4
 8K
Danton (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. ...
Style: political, epic, talky, historically accurate, historical drama ...
Plot: french revolution, revolution, french history, biopic, politics, revolutionary, colonialism, idealism, execution, terrorism, political unrest, world history ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1983, ancient times, 1780s ...
Place: paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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 6.8
 658
Austeria (1982)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story: During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks.
Style: freeze frame
Plot: world war one, renaissance, great war, cossack, male objectification, skinny dipping, lake, burial, fire, extramarital affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violinist ...
Time: year 1914, pre world war one
Place: poland, eastern europe, austria
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The Divine Emma (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Czechoslovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
Style: freeze frame, crying
Plot: renaissance, world war one, biopic, famous singer, persecution, dead body, photography, work abroad, czech german relations, national identity, signing a contract, mirror ...
Time: 1910s, year 1914, year 1916, year 1917, year 1915
Place: eastern europe, prague, america, central europe
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An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill (1983)
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.
Plot: renaissance, biopic, flashback, funeral, coronation, politics, death, love, king, marriage, queen, arranged marriage ...
Time: 16th century
Place: eastern europe, lithuania
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The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A bachelor named Faun with a Don Juan complex, seized with a hypochondriac's fear of the ineluctable approach of death, enters a race against time's passage. Faun's sexual love is imbued with the narcissistic vanity of a ...
Style: black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: renaissance, public nudity, flirting, fear of death, womanizer, old age, girl, satire, female nudity, topless sunbathing, barefoot woman
Place: eastern europe, central europe
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 6.7
 937
Gravehopping (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Slovenia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Pero is a professional funeral speaker in a small Slovenian town. His unique gift is to make every funeral that extra bit special. Pero just can't help turning his eulogies into witty personal confessions that bring the grieving crowd to tears ...
Style: semi serious, bleak, humorous, slapstick, realistic ...
Plot: funeral, dysfunctional family, sadomasochism, family problems, family relations, eccentric family, social relations, village, village life, death, sexual content, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, slovenia
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 7.9
 10K
The Trap (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: desert, heart disease, sick child, hospital, terminal illness, mysterious character, health situation, wartime life, oppression, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, financial problem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: serbia, eastern europe, balkan, europe, former yugoslavia
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Promise Me This (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Serbia, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: family relations, obsessive quest, last wish, looking for love, couples, religions or cults, love and romance, village life, village, first love, european, wanderlust ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: serbia, eastern europe, balkan, belgrade, europe ...
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The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime ...
Style: captivating, sentimental, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot: youth, friendship, hopes, coming of age, siblings relations, exile, rebelliousness, human spirit, reform, family relations, warning, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: romania, eastern europe, europe
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 7.2
 5K
Empties (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: infidelity, dishonesty, hopes, starting over, couple relations, friends, family relations, couples, friendship, parents and children, teacher, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: eastern europe, balkan, prague, europe, czech republic
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 7.0
 17K
Katyn (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.
Style: disturbing, heartbreaking, sentimental, realistic, sad ...
Plot: world war two, war crime, nazism, polish history, survival, ethnic conflict, holocaust, massacre, murder, courage, idealism, nazi ...
Time: 1940s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1940
Place: poland, eastern europe, europe, russia, soviet union
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Bibliothèque Pascal (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Hungary, UK, Romania
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A mother's struggle to support her child leads her into a surreal netherworld of sex and danger in this drama from Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu. Mona Paparu is a single mother who has been left to raise her daughter Viorica on her own, ...
Style: serious, bleak, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Plot: sexual abuse, life is a bitch, family relations, prostitute, lifestyle, woman in danger, single parent, brothel, social injustice, bdsm, male pubic hair, sadomasochism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, europe, london
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style: depressing, disturbing, bleak, melancholic, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: abortion, sexual abuse, friendship, unwanted pregnancy, communism, rape, realism, communist, doctor, coming of age, young woman, character study ...
Time: 80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: romania, transylvania, eastern europe, europe
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Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pair of investigators team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep inside a war raging between the military and a massive army of Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers. Their mission is to fight their way behind enemy lines, locate the technology at the ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, scary, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nazi zombie, nazi hunter, zombie, third reich, nazi, nazi occultism, survival, supernatural, occult, world war two, good versus evil, danger ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 21st century
Place: eastern europe, europe
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