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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
wedding, nothing goes right, cons and scams, gangster, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, comedy of errors, parents and children, materialism, bribery, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Style:
crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, mafioso, gang, criminal, outlaw gang, criminal gang, mysterious girl, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic...
Style:
captivating, serious, mysterious, romantic, epic ...
Plot:
military, polish, cavalry, cossack, heroes, love affair, love triangle, medieval, rebellion, battles, politics, political unrest ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
poland, ukraine, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, genocide, nazi, wartime, war, concentration camp, storytelling, holocaust survivor, anti semitism, nazism, against humanity ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, ancient times, year 1943 ...
Place:
poland, germany, iran, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his ...
Style:
harsh, sincere, uplifting, social, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, atrocity, shoah, survival, genocide, outside help, hitler youth, judaism, world war, sewer ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1945 ...
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, europe, israel
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
priest, occupation, catholic, secret police, political activist, murder, state affairs, clergy, against the odds, politics, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland, germany, eastern europe, holland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, humorous, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
politics, fighting the system, ambition, rivalry, labor union, idealism, rebelliousness, righting the wronged, disorder, against the odds, biopic, revolution ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Forty-something Leon is an alcoholic, ex-special forces barely scraping by when he's hired by a mobster to protect his 16 year old daughter. Not only does Leon have to clean up his act, but also handle the romantic advances of his ward and the ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, sincere, serious, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
age difference, forbidden love, love affair, girl man relationship, older man younger woman relationship, sex with a minor, love and romance, danger, cheerleader, love, gangster, shooting ...
Time:
90s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland, France, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of an anthropology professor Michal's who as the movie progresses develops two overwhelming obsessions. The first one is a mummified, 3,000 year-old, perfectly preserved body of a Shaman he and his colleagues have recently dragged out ...
Style:
sexy, mysterious, controversial, sexual, emotional ...
Plot:
nudity, obsession, female nudity, college student, danger, couples, surrealism, professor, nymphomaniac, sex, archeological dig, young girl ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, prehistoric times
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and are separated by the war. They struggle on a perilous journey to find one another.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
forbidden love, sexual content, world war two, soldier, couples, war, family relations, against humanity, age difference, wartime, rabbi, wartime life ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, year 1939, year 1940
Place:
poland, europe, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Follows four friends in their quest to form a punk band. As workers protests sweep across the country, Janek and Staszek, the sons of a navy man, the rebellious Kazik, and the affluent Diabel gel as a band, but their disparate lives are touched by ...
Style:
serious, uplifting, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
punk, friendship, music band, musician's life, follow your dream, youth, state affairs, rebelliousness, fighting the system, hopes, society, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The main character, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances, is a manager of a sports club in Poland. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament. It appears that somebody has torn out ...
Style:
funny, parody, cult classic, biting, semi serious ...
Plot:
communism, satire, female nudity, artist, communist, outlaw, mistaken identity, filmmaking, anti communism, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, race against time ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland, brazil, new jersey, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three Russian street kids, who live on their wits in a train station, take off to the countryside hoping to make it across the border to a better life in Poland. They are alternately looking for tenderness and pushing it away because they sense that ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental ...
Plot:
boy, youth, friendship, leaving home, young heroes, self discovery, obsessive quest, on the road, optimism, escapades, starting over, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, russia, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style:
sincere, political, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, politics, pope, christian, ss, conscience, nazi, nazism, priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, rome italy, italy, austria ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.
Style:
depressing, bleak, disturbing, factual, harsh ...
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, world war two, concentration camp, redemption, nazi germany, auschwitz, ss, shoah, moral ambiguity, world war, tragedy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
poland, germany, europe, middle east, budapest ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set before the first Wold War in part of Poland under Austrain occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is ...
Style:
intellectual, political
Plot:
coming of age, boy, polish history, teacher, school, boarding house, tyranny, rebel, religion, male nudity, father son relationship, police ...
Time:
pre world war one
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, Poland, Latvia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, period piece, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazi germany, world war two, ghetto, social worker, rescue, wartime life, nazi, historical figure, world war, against humanity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, ...
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, escape from reality, gay, youth, depression, emo, alienation, delusion, internet, mental illness, fictional reality, self harm ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
To build an innovative sex app and win a tech competition, a sexually inexperienced student and her friends must explore the daunting world of intimacy.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous, raunchy comedy, sex comedy ...
Plot:
sex, sexual attraction, pain, woman, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, student, death of friend, pillow talk, lifestyle, friendship, couple relations, experiment ...
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Poland, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Political thriller is based on a true story about a young student beaten to death by the police in 1980s Communist Poland.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, captivating
Plot:
police brutality, police corruption, anti communist, brutality, political unrest, fight for justice, social injustice, wartime, witnessing a crime, corrupt politician, political conspiracy, violence ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
Style:
sexy, captivating, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
surgeon, heart, politics, doctors and patients, ambition, rise to the top, power relations, state affairs, doctor, hospital, nurse, patient ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, year 1985
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspect, police, murder, investigation, trial, husband wife relationship, false accusation, murder suspect, lie, police detective, suspicion ...
Time:
70s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Style:
compassionate, witty, buddy comedy, depressing
Plot:
travel, concentration camp, cousin cousin relationship, grief, jewish american, holocaust, cousin, airplane, cell phone, jewish man, tour guide, judaism ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, new york
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Two Slavic warriors do everything in their power to defend the village of Mirmiłowo from the evil order of Knaveknights.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good
Plot:
friendship, warrior, sword, forest, friend, village, satire, rural setting, adventure hero, sword fight, legend, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
medieval times
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up ...
Style:
serious, tension, bleak, suspense, black and white
Plot:
post war, social justice, ethics, humanism, community, honor, social realism, solidarity, power struggle, lone hero, loot, resilience ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
poland
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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
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is taken into the heart of the Nazi world as a 'war hero' and eventually becomes a Hitler Youth. Although improbabilities and happenstance are ...
Style:
political, retro, realistic, surreal, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, circumcision, male nudity, woman peeing, hitler youth, children in wartime, physical exam, war, coming of age, genocide, nazi germany ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, year 1990, 1930s
Place:
germany, poland, berlin germany, eastern europe, latvia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, disturbing, captivating, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, wartime, war crime, world war one, family home, butler, ethnic conflict, nationalism, political unrest, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 1900s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground: Józek, a deserter from the tsarist army who joins the emerging Legions, ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
world war one, independence, patriotism, heroism, love triangle, soldier, couple relations, love affair, wartime life, military life, social relations, war hero ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
poland
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