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List of movies set in poland
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Artistic portrayal of the difficult personality of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his dramatic life against the backdrop of National-liberation war in the mid-17th century and the Cossack state building. The main storyline shows Khmelnytsky not only as ...
Style:
realistic, epic, serious
Plot:
cossack, independence movement, doomed love, historical figure, heroes, historical character, historical event, war for independence, politics, free spirit, freedom fighter, freedom ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
ukraine, poland, europe
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Genre: War, Adventure
Country: Poland
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, ...
Style:
sincere, suspense, touching, period piece, black and white ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, friendship, tank, colonel, soldier, sergeant, dog, military life, wartime, wartime life, death ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his ...
Style:
dramatic, art house, dark, tragic, period drama
Plot:
circus, wrestling, fame, revenge, rivalry, competition, rise and fall, tragic hero, small town, ambition, violence, guilt ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, art house, melancholic, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
poet, biopic, suicide, tragedy, scandal, literary, alcoholism, rebellion, character study, self destructing, tragic hero, bohemian ...
Time:
60s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three strangers living in Silesia - a 12-year-old half-orphan, a musically talented girl and a middle-aged unemployed ex-miner - are all desperate to get money to make their small dreams come true.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, poignant, independent film
Plot:
poverty, small town, unemployment, working class, struggle, social realism, everyday life, child protagonist, dream, empathy, aspiration, slice of life ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, heartbreaking, bleak, grim, period piece ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, gypsy, genocide, discrimination, nazi occupation, loss, auschwitz, suffering, persecution, tragedy, ethnic cleansing ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland, Germany, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the Nazi era, a Jewish woman on the run takes a trolley which passes near the Warsaw ghetto, where the uprising battle is taking place, and some passengers are struck by stray bullets. They take temporary refuge in an empty building, and ...
Style:
tension, period piece, bleak, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, nazi occupation, suspicion, hiding, anti semitism, survival, fear, neighbor, moral ambiguity, memory, accomplice ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An aggressive thug has problems with his girlfriend. Over the course of several chaotic days he walks around the hood, takes drugs and confronts himself with other women.
Style:
surreal, semi serious, realistic, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
obsession, life is a bitch, drug abuse, social misfits, misfit, addiction, violence, love, drug, male nudity, fight scenes, nudity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, Poland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
true love, cancer, infidelity, family relations, hopes, betrayal, couples, danger, dishonesty, human nature, survival, terminal illness ...
Place:
poland, nova scotia, europe, holland, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ...
Style:
sad, cult classic, emotional, uplifting, semi serious ...
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish ghetto, shoah, nazi, gestapo, world war, radio, judaism, hopes, lie, death ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century, year 1942, year 1939 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, russia
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During the Prussian army's invasion to Poland in 1793, a young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from the imprisonment by a stranger who wants in return to obtain a list of Jakub's fellow conspirators. Following his mysterious saviour across ...
Style:
gothic, slasher, atmospheric, cult classic, creepy ...
Plot:
serial killer, mate swapping, strong sexual content, surrealism, folk horror, nun, female nudity, winter, half brother half brother relationship, backwoods slasher, symbolism, shooting ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s
Place:
prussia, eastern europe, europe, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland, Ireland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he had saved money for the car he had promised her. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical, emotional ...
Plot:
personal growth, father daughter relationship, self discovery, coming of age, loss, family relations, lifestyle, relationships, family reunited, female protagonist, satire, intimate ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
poland, ireland
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Genre: Drama
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:
revenge, grudge, character study, female empowerment, confrontation, female rivalry, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, social realism, oppression, polish history, justice ...
Time:
80s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
The main character - a man who suffers from alcoholism - wants to change his tumultuous life. The day before Christmas Eve he receives a gift from his son - a yellow scarf. A gift is a kind of talisman he receives from loved ones, and every time he ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
christmas, alcoholic, alcoholism, crisis, drunkard, drunkenness, addiction, life is a bitch, social problems, relationship problems, family problems, alcohol abuse ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Family, History, War
Country: Australia, Poland, Ukraine
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, leaving Sophia to confront her own capacity for forgiveness.
Style:
captivating, emotional, reflective, contemplative, psychological ...
Plot:
mother, mother and daughter, refugee, parent child relationship, world war two, daughter, mother daughter relationship, family relations, gulag, josef stalin, uncover truth, kids and family ...
Place:
poland, australia, siberia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot:
family relations, countryside, piano, magic realism, renaissance, woods, terminal illness, sibling relationship, comeback, life & death, village life, dealing with death ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, switzerland, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A movie about the power of thousands, the courage of hundreds and friendship of a few, thanks to whom a change of fate of millions became possible. Poland, lower Silesia, the beginning of a very cold winter 1981. After a series of entrapments by the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
martial law, labor union, fighting the system, idealism, hopes, society, government agency, undercover, friendship, politics, communism, conflict ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In poverty, she found strength. In oppression, she found courage. In solidarity, she found a reason to believe again. Acclaimed German actress Katharina Thalbach (THE TIN DRUM, SOPHIES CHOICE) stars in this hard-hitting historical drama set during ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, working class, labor union, rebellion, fighting the system, human spirit, ambition, injustice, life is a bitch, legal, rebelliousness, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A story of Tomasz Komenda - a man, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, for a crime he did not commit.
Style:
heartbreaking, poignant, sad, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
convict, jail cell, rape victim, prison, murder, investigation, courtroom, victim, suicide attempt, true crime, prison rape, false accusation ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Kasia, a brilliant, talented student of the second year of law has to face life overnight. Her beloved father, a musician, has an accident. He is paralyzed and unable to hold them any longer. Kasia decides to continue her studies in the evening ...
Style:
entertaining, dramatic, witty, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
law student, hairdresser, counselor, father daughter relationship, lawyer, female lawyer, female protagonist, resilience, perseverance, barbershop, hotshot lawyer, career ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Comedy about Zdzisław Najmrodzki, most famous polish criminal in the times of Polish People Republic, named "the getaway king", known for stealing cars and escaping prison many times, but never hurting anybody.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, disturbing, satirical
Plot:
criminal, fleeing, love, car thief, lifestyle change, love affair, bandit, love interest, satire, love story, romantic relationship, prison ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Four thirty-something women who met in highschool continue to maintain a strong friendship despite the passing of time. Although very different, they also have much in common, each earnestly trying to find themselves and their place in the world.
Style:
captivating, heartfelt, emotional, realistic, comedy drama
Plot:
friendship, women, female friendship, high school friends, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, group of friends, reunited friends, friends, female protagonist, lifestyle, self discovery ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In nineteenth century Poland Kacper is cursed by his wife Maryna on her deathbed. Her evil spirit then haunts him in the form of a she-wolf.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
werewolf, renaissance, medieval, curse, possession, supernatural, revenge, female werewolf, lycanthropy, haunting, folklore, paranormal ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Days before the end of the school year, Liliana gives Janek an ultimatum, giving him 24 hours to either prove his love for her or forget about her altogether.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
drunken teenager, mother daughter conflict, beach party, teenage love, obsession, teenage life, youth, high school life, revenge, jealousy, coming of age, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
poland, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy ...
Style:
serious, cynical, realistic, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
addiction, rehabilitation, alcohol abuse, haunted by the past, writer's life, clinic, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, hopes, alcoholism, depression, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film is set in the Tricity in 2003, ten years after the end of communism in Poland. The plot, apparently based on the real-life experiences of Kraków businessmen Lech Jerzorny and Paweł Rey, is about three young, talented businessmen who open ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
false accusation, corporate crime, dishonesty, rise and fall, cons and scams, political corruption, justice, injustice, uncover truth, legal investigation, law enforcement, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Grandfather's wife unexpectedly leaves him for another man and this sparks a series of events. His son and grandson arrive from abroad and set of for a journey to find a woman dear to each of them.
Style:
humorous, emotional, road movie, captivating, light ...
Plot:
family relations, aging, on the road, parents and children, family problems, musician's life, father son relationship, musician, teenager, father son reunion, husband wife relationship, road trip ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, atmospheric, cute ...
Plot:
alienation, brother brother relationship, dating, suicide attempt, sibling relationship, loneliness, depression, hospital, dreaming, estrangement, family relations, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland
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Genre: Documentary, Animation, Biography, Drama
Country: Romania, Poland
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from an important Polish judge. Crulic was brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison. He decided to ...
Style:
thought provoking, stylized, disturbing, serious, adult animation ...
Plot:
prison, injustice, false accusation, prison life, life is a bitch, false arrest, foreigner, starvation, biopic, protest, hunger, innocence ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Natalia is a 17-year-old mom living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do, and because she feels she has someone to love; someone who can love her in return. Everything changes when ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, teenage life, immaturity, family problems, couples, babies and infants, hopes, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, youth, mother child relationship, birth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland
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