175 Films & TV Shows Set In Poland
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Lasting
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 2010sLasting is an emotional love story about Michaล and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare brutally breaks into their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos.
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Battle of Westerplatte
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1930sThe True Story of The Beginning of WWII โ This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Over one week, fewer than 200 Polish soldiers fought against heavy German bombardment and in the process came to symbolize the power of resistance. As the violence rages, a complex battle of a more personal nature plays out between two Polish commanders over how to best lead their men. Amid the bloodshed, they must ask themselves โ should they fight until the last man standing or surrender in the face of overwhelming odds? What unfolds is a stirring exploration of the fight against the forces of tyranny.
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Ida
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1960sAnna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
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Walesa: Man of Hope
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1980sHow was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common manโs metamorphosis into a charismatic leader โ an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workersโ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.
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Life Feels Good
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1900s The 1980s The 2000sMateusz is an intelligent, romantic young man tragically trapped inside his own body, suffering from severe cerebral palsy that makes speech and controlled movement nearly impossible. Born into a loving family, Mateuszโs protected world is shattered when circumstances place him in an institution where he is misunderstood and mistreated. Featuring an astonishing, virtuoso lead performance, Life Feels Good beautifully recounts the true story of one manโs extraordinary efforts to endure in the face of impossible odds.
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Run Boy Run
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1940sRun Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a reward, who will beat him up or try to kill him, and he meets those, who will do and risk almost everything to help him. Jurekโs resilience is put to the ultimate test, when an accident cripples him, making it harder to find work. But he struggles on against all odds. Eventually the Russians reach his area and Jurek even finds a family where he could stay. Yet he is betrayed again, and a young man from a Jewish orphanage forcefully tries to bring Jurek back to his people and his faith.
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Zero Dark Thirty
๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan District of Columbia New York Nevada Virginia England ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan The 2000s The 2010sThe greatest manhunt in history. โ A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
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You Are God
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1990sOne of the biggest Polish film premieres of 2012 and eagerly anticipated for over a decade, it is the story of the late 90s generation and the three friends behind the music: Magik, Focus and Rahim. The fact-based film directed by Leszek Dawid charts the relentless struggle for success of Paktofonika, against the backdrop of crumbling traditional values in dreary 90s Silesia. The contradictory ideals of hiphop - the rebellious, edgy lyrics against the โsystemโ juxtaposed with the money and fame sought by the artists - are superbly captured in this dark, unforgettable drama.
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Aftermath
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 2000sTwo brothers are trying to find out the truth from years ago. The whole town is against them.
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1812. Ballad of the Uhlans
๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1810sThe Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks to a young nobleman Alexey Tarusov. Tarusov joint to the the regiment of Russian lancers, and finds new friends like Lieutenant Gorzhevsky, Prince Kiknadze and Sergeant Ptukha. After the terrible battle of Borodino, they fall into many unexpected adventures...
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X-Men: First Class
Nevada Virginia District of Columbia Florida England ๐จ๐บ Cuba ๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina The 1960s The 1940sWitness the moment that will change our world. โ Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
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Weekend
๐ต๐ฑ PolandTwo gangsters, fighting for influence in the city, decide to get suitcases filled with money and drugs. Meanwhile, another criminal group has the same purpose.
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In Darkness
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1940sA 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 own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (formerly Poland).
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Letters to Santa
๐ต๐ฑ PolandA romantic comedy set on Christmas Eve in Warsaw and centered around a series of characters.
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Battle of Warsaw 1920
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1920sPoland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is a cavalry officer and poet who believes in socialist ideals
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Enter Nowhere
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1980s The 1960s The 1940s The 2010sWelcome to our nightmare! โ Three strangers arrive one by one to a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere after enduring separate life-altering predicaments. Searching for a way out of the woods, frustrated, hungry and battling to stay warm they discover their mysterious connection and realize what they have to do in order to get out of the woods alive.
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The Shrine
๐ต๐ฑ PolandOnce you find it, they won't let you leave. โ A group of young journalists investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice, but their ambitious ways may lead them to becoming the cult's next victims.
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Essential Killing
๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ฆ๐ซ AfghanistanRun to live... kill to survive. โ A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
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The Way Back
๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ท๐บ Russia ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐จ๐ณ China ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia The 1980s The 1940s The 1930sTheir escape was just the beginning. โ At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulagโto take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.
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A Film Unfinished
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1940sIn 1942 The Nazi Propaganda Machine Was Hard at Work. 70 Years Later, The Deceit is Finally Unmasked. โ Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagandistic construction. The later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings, showing the manipulations of camera crews in these "everyday" scenes. Well-heeled Jews attending elegant dinners and theatricals (while callously stepping over the dead bodies of compatriots) now appeared as unwilling, but complicit, actors, alternately fearful and in denial of their looming fate.
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Reverse
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1950sA story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty lacks a man in her life. Her mother knows all about it and tries at all costs to find her daughter a good candidate for a husband. The whole situation is controlled by the grandmother, an eccentric lady with a sharp tongue from whom no secrets can be kept.
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All That I Love
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1980sFollows 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 social turmoil and outside perceptions.
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Little Moscow
๐ต๐ฑ Poland The 1960sDuring the Cold War, a local Polish officer and a young Soviet woman wedded to a Soviet officer are drawn together by music.
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And Along Come Tourists
๐ต๐ฑ PolandSven arrives in nowadays Auschwitz to do his civil service at the memorial. He encounters unfriendliness, especially by Stanislaw Krzeminski, the 85 year old KZ-survivor, and Krzysztof Lanuszewski, brother of his early love affair Ania. Even his boss Herold, the places manager, does little to help Sven familiarize. But when problems accumulate Sven realises that he already has become involved.
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Katyn
๐ต๐ฑ Poland ๐ท๐บ Russia The 1940s The 1930sThe untold story of the crime Stalin could not hide โ On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
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