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STONES
FOR
RAMPART
(Kamienie Na Szaniec)
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Rudy. Zośka. Alek. The heroes of the Grey Ranks.
The tale about youth, love and friendship. About heroism at a great cost and about
the fight which passed into a legend. They were young, they fell in love and wanted
to live life to the full. Nothing seemed impossible.
One day, their world fell apart; they had to abandon their dreams. The only choice
they had: either bow down in humility or put their own life on the line. In spite of
lacking experience and weapons, they found inner courage and strength to rise
against the Nazi occupants. They believed in the power of friendship, freedom and
Poland. They clung to noble ideals. They were like “stones thrown by God for the
ramparts”…
DIRECTOR
Robert Gliński
CAST
Tomasz Ziętek
Marcel Sabat
Kamil Szeptycki
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
War Drama
YEAR
2013
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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MAGDA
GRAZIOWSKA
BARTOSZ
PORCZYK
ROBERT
WIECKIEWICZ
ADAM „NERGAL”
DARSKI
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SEXMISSION
- ONE OF THE BEST POLISH COMEDIES EVER!
THE
EMBASSY
(Ambassada)
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Mela and Przemek come to Warsaw to keep an eye on their uncle’s apartment. The place turns out to be not only luxurious, but
also unusual. While delving into the history of the house, Mela
discovers that at 17 Piusa Street – today’s Piękna Street – there
was a German embassy before the war. An elevator in the building not only moves people from floor to floor, but also enables
them to travel back in time: from August 2012 to August 1939.
DIRECTOR
Jiuliusz Machulski
CAST
Robert Więckiewicz
Magda Graziowska
Bartosz Porczyk
Adam „Nergal”Darski
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy
YEAR
2013
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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IN
HIDING
(W Ukryciu)
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Radom, the last days of the Second World War. After her mother’s tragic death Janina lives alone with her father. To her surprise, her father offers shelter to Ester, a
young Jewish woman, who is his friend’s daughter. Ester moves into a makeshift
hiding place under the floor in their apartment. At first Janina questions her father’s decision, but over time she begins to take interest in the new resident. Her
curiosity slowly gives way to fascination. When Janina’s father gets arrested, she
has to take care of Ester herself. The two women live together in nearly complete
isolation from the outside world. Loneliness and fear bring them closer and closer
together, making their relationship increasingly intimate. But then Ester starts to
rebel against her confinment. She dreams of leaving Poland ‘as soon as the war is
over...”
DIRECTOR
Jan Kidawa-Błoński
CAST
Magdalena Boczarska,
Krzysztof Stroiński,
Julia Pogrebińska
Jacek Braciak
Tomasz Kot
Agata Kulesza
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama / History
YEAR
2013
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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ALAIN SARDE ET ROBERT BENMUSSA PRÉSENTENT
EMMANUELLE
MATHIEU
SEIGNER
AMALRIC
"Un film admirable,
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VENUS
IN
FUR
(Wenus W Futrze)
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Thomas is a writer-director of a new play, an adaptation of the 1870 novel Venus in
Furs by Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Alone in a Parisian theatre
after a day of auditioning actresses for the lead character, Wanda von Dunayev,
Thomas laments on the phone of the poor performances to come through. As he is
preparing to leave the theatre, an actress named Vanda arrives disheveled. In a
whirlwind of energy and unrestrained aggression, Vanda convinces the director to
let her read for the part. To Thomas’s amazement, Vanda shows great understanding of the character and knows every line by heart. As the audition progresses, the
intensity is redoubled and the attraction of Thomas turns into obsession.
DIRECTOR
Roman Polański
CAST
Emmanuelle Seigner
Mathieu Amalric
COUNTRY
Poland / France
GENRE
Comedy / Drama
YEAR
2013
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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BATTLE
OF THE
SEXES
(Wojna żeńsko- męska)
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The story of an unemployed journalist who struggles with weight
problems and financial troubles.
Barbara knows everything there is to know about men, but finding mr.Right will
not be easy. Meanwhile her adult daughter, while mercilessly judging her mother’s
doings, still often turns to her for advice about love.
DIRECTOR
Łukasz Palkowski
CAST
Sonia Bohosiewicz
Maja Bohosiewicz Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Grażyna Szapołowska
Tomasz Kot
Tomasz Karolak
Krzysztof Stelmaszczyk
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy / Drama
YEAR
2011
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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ENTANGLEMENT
(Uwikłanie)
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There are secrets too terrible to ever come to light... What should
possibly happen to transform an ordinary man into a killer?
In this film adaptation of the best-selling crime novel by Zygmunt Miłoszewski, the
killer is tracked down by the cynical detective Smolar and the uncompromising
female prosecutor Agata Szacka. The duo forms an explosive mixture, not only due
to their temperaments, but also the love affair they had in the past. Szacka, in the
course of the most challenging in her career investigation, touches upon the stories
circulating for years as legends, which no one expected might be true. Do the secrets
hidden for years come to light by accident, or maybe they are cleverly controlled by
someone?
DIRECTOR
Łukasz Palkowski
CAST
Sonia Bohosiewicz
Maja Bohosiewicz Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Grażyna Szapołowska
Tomasz Kot
Tomasz Karolak
Krzysztof Stelmaszczyk
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy / Drama
YEAR
2011
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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GEORGE
THE
HEDGEHOG
(Jeż Jerzy)
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Hedgehog named Jerzy is not a sweet creature. He loves to party, drink a cold one and score hot chicks. One day Jerzy’s life
gets complicated, as the Professor steals his DNA and creates
his Clone, who is to become a Perfect Celebrity. GEORGE - THE
HEDGEHOG is a hilarious satire on contemporary society, fanaticism, xenophobia and hypocrisy..
DIRECTOR
Wojtek Wawszczyk,
Jakub Tarkowski,
Tomasz Leśniak
CAST
Borys Szyc,
Maria Peszek,
Maciej Malenczuk
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy, Animation
YEAR
2011
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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Warsaw Film Festival 2011
Grand Prix Best Film
Audience Award
Polish Film Awards
Eagle 2011
Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best
Actress, Best Supporting Actor (Jacek Braciak),
Audience Award, Best Sound
Polish Film Festival
Best Actor
Jornalists Award,
Audience Award
Gdynia 2011
Cairo IFF 2012
Human rights Feature Film Int’l Comp
(Teh Tahrir Square Prize)
THE
ROSE
A tale of uneasy love in the post-war Poland.
(Róża)
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In the summer of 1945, Tadeusz, a former Army soldier who lost everything in the
war, arrives in Mazury region in Poland. The man comes to a house owned by Róża,
the widow of a German soldier. Tadeusz learns the dramatic story of the woman’s life
– she was brutally raped by soldiers and forced into prostitution by the Soviets. Rose
is treated with contempt by new settlers in Mazury, who look upon her as a German.
An emotional tie flourishes between the soldier and Róża.
DIRECTOR
Wojciech Smarzowski
CAST
Marcin Dorociński
Agata Kulesza
Malwina Buss
Jacek Braciak
Kinga Preis
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama
YEAR
2011
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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WARSAW
DARK
(Izolator)
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Warsaw at night, restaurant by the river. Young and beautiful call-girl, Ojka, runs out to the parking. Much older man
- well known politician - follows her. He doesn’t know that
Ojka is a decoy and in a few minutes he will die... Political
thriller combined with romantic plot.
DIRECTOR
Christopher Doyle
CAST
Adam Ferency
Anna Przybylska
Jacek Poniedziałek
Jan Frycz
Jeryz Bończak
Leslaw Żurek
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Thriller
YEAR
2011
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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Polish Film Awards
Eagle 2010
Best Actor
Polish Film Festival
Gdynia 2010
Grand Prix Best Film,
Best Actress,
Best Sound
Moscow
International Film Festival 2010
Best Director
LITTLE
ROSE
(Różyczka)
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Set in the tumultuous 1960s, this is the story of a dangerous
emotional game between an acclaimed writer, his beautiful
young wife and her lover.
A well-known writer has an affair with a beautiful and much younger woman. In
spite of popular indignation caused by the differences in age, material wealth and
social status, he marries this attractive „girl from nowhere”. Blinded by his emotions,
he doesn’t suspect that their relationship may not be a coincidence. What he doesn’t
know is that his woman has secretly been seeing another man, with whom she shares
not only a great passion, but also a dangerous intrigue. An erotic fascination with her
lover gradually transforms into deeper feelings, although the young woman is aware
that she is nothing but an accessory in an organized plot of the secret service.
DIRECTOR
Jan Kidawa-Błoński
CAST
Magdalena Boczarska
Andrzej Seweryn
Robert Więckiewicz
Jacek Braciak
Grażyna Szapołowska
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama / Romance
YEAR
2010
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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THE
LULLABY
(Kołysanka)
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Two policemen investigate mysterious disappearances in a picturesque Mazurian village. People keep disappearing, but the
investigation brings no results.
The lively, full of twists plot reveals a dark secret little by little. The film combines
humor with elements of horror.
DIRECTOR
Juliusz Machulski
CAST
Robert Więckiewicz
Małgorzata Buczkowska
Janusz Chabior
Filip Ochiński
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy / Black comedy
YEAR
2010
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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THREE
MINUTES.
21:37
(Trzy Minuty 21:37)
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At 9.37pm on 2 April 2005, millions of Poles switched off the lights at their
homes in an unprecedented gesture of unity. This released an exceptional
potential of emotional energy. At that particular moment, even miracles were
possible. Three minutes mark a turning point in the protagonists’ lives. A
sensitive young man who cannot accept the violence that surrounds him and
turns to violence himself. A film director who no longer wants to make movies and falls for his English teacher instead of grabbing the opportunity for
a major international co-production. A painter trapped in a situation with no
way out. A father who tries to protect his son from his own past. Those three
minutes will bring their fates together.
DIRECTOR
Maciej Ślesicki
CAST
Agnieszka Grochowska,
Bogusław Linda
Krzysztof Stroiński,
Lidia Sadowa
Marcin Walewski
Paweł Królikowski
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama
YEAR
2010
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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CASE
UNKNOWN
(Enen)
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The year is 1997 and the big flood is approaching Wrocław. As a
psychiatric hospital is being evacuated, a young doctor Konstanty comes across a mysterious patient, Paweł Płocki, whose name
does not appear in hospital files. Intrigued, Kostek tries to use a
therapy - to little enthusiasm from his superiors and colleagues.
DIRECTOR
Feliks Falk
CAST
Borys Szyc
Grzegorz Wolf
Magdalena Walach
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Thriller
YEAR
2009
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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GENERAL
NIL
(Generał Nil)
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The action of the film takes place between 1947 and 1953 and
reconstructs the last years of general August Emil Fieldorf’s life
(pseudonym „Nil”), a legendary commander in chief of Armia
Krajowa Kedyw, who was falsely accused and sentenced to death
by the communist regime. The film shows his return from the
prisoners-of-war camp in the USSR, arrest, interrogation, and
finally the period shortly before the verdict and his execution.
DIRECTOR
Ryszard Bugajski
CAST
Alicja Jachiewicz,
Anna Cieślak
Magdalena Emilianowicz
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Zbigniew Stryj
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama / Historical
YEAR
2009
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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Film Debut Festival
The Youth and Film
Grand Prix and Award for Actress Debut
Koszalin 2009
International Film Festival
Era New Horizons
Award for Best Actress Debut
in New Polish Films Competition
Wrocław 2009
Polish Film Festival
Award for directing debut
Gdynia 2009
MALL
GIRLS
Shopping malls - today’s place of creating desires. Best jewelry,
clothes, shoes. Unaffordable by young girls, but they “work” to
get themselves sponsors for new items.
(Galerianki)
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Fourteen-year-old Alicja joins a new class in mid-term and she’s lonely in her new
environment. One day a classmate invites her to hang out at the new shopping mall,
where they can go window-shopping for expensive cosmetics, eat ice cream for
lunch, listen to music, stare at elegant people and ... meet potential “sponsors”.
DIRECTOR
Katarzyna Rosłaniec
CAST
Anna Karczmarczyk
Dagmara Krasowska
Dominika Gwit
Magdalena Ciurzyńska
Izabela Kuna
Artur Barciś
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama
YEAR
2009
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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OPERATION
DANUBE
(Operacja Dunaj)
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August 1968. A unit of the Polish People’s Republic Army is
sent on a „brotherly help mission” to Czechoslovakia. They
make sluggish progress and the tank goes missing just after
crossing the border.
DIRECTOR
Jacek Głomb
CAST
Magda Bieganska,
Przemyslaw Bluszcz,
Jan Budar,
Jaroslav Dusek,
Vojtech Dyk,
Bogdan Grzeszczak,
Eva Holubova,
Tomasz Kot,
Jiri Menzel,
Maciej Stuhr
COUNTRY
Czech Republic, Poland
GENRE
Comedy
YEAR
2009
TERRITORY
Worldwide
(excluding Slovakia
and Czech Republic)
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Polish Film Awards
Eagle 2009
Best Supporting Actress,
Best Supporting Actor
Silver Ticket
Award of the Polish Cinemas
Association for the box-office success
of the film in Poland
HOW MUCH
THE
TROJAN
HORSE
WEIGHS
(Ile waży koń trojański?)
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August 1968. A unit of the Polish People’s Republic Army is
sent on a „brotherly help mission” to Czechoslovakia. They
make sluggish progress and the tank goes missing just after
crossing the border.
DIRECTOR
Juliusz Machulski
CAST
Ilona Ostrowska
Maciej Marczewski
Robert Więckiewicz
Danuta Szaflarska
Maja Ostaszewska
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy
YEAR
2008
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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LIMOUSINE
(Limuzyna)
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Ania is a limo driver for rich businessmen. She works day
and night shifts in turns, seven days a week, in turn with
her father. She hates the job and hopes one day she can quit.
One winter night Ania drives a French businessman. While
waiting for him in an empty parking lot, she notices a young
man lying by a litter bin. The man tells her that he is a male
prostitute and has just hurt one of his clients.
DIRECTOR
Jerome Dassier
CAST
Adam Ferency,
Agnieszka Grochowska
Andrei Chadov,
Andrzej Grabowski
Anna Przybylska
Christopher Lambert
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy
YEAR
2008
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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ONE
MORE TIME
(Jeszcze raz)
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Anna is an atractive forty-year-old with a great sense of humor. She loves to
wear camouflage pants and a regular T-shitt. Her daughter Kasia is not a
typical teenage girl. She doesn't like to party or to chase after boys. She eats
healthy food and attends joga classes. Kasia and Anna are supposed to go to
the seaside together, however at the end Kasia leaves by herself. Her mother
decides to spend her vacation in the mountains along with a group of friends
and a handsome man she just met.
DIRECTOR
Mariusz Malec
CAST
Anna Antonowicz
Danuta Stenka
Jan Frycz,
Przemysław Cypryański
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy / Romance
YEAR
2008
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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PRESERVE
(Rezerwat)
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Young photographer moves into a dilapidated tenement house
in the Warsaw district of Praga and discovers a brand new
world. Captivated with his neighbor - a voluptuous hairdresser,
he lands up on the black list of Rysiek - a criminal who lives
with her. Marcin also receives extraordinary proofs of sympathy
from a red-haired rogue.
DIRECTOR
Łukasz Palkowski
CAST
Artur Dziurman
Grzegorz Palkowski
Marcin Kwaśny
Sonia Bohosiewicz
Tomasz Karolak
Violetta Arlak
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy
YEAR
2007
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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JOB,
OR LAST
GREY CELL
(Job czyli ostatnia szara komórka)
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The film is a set of many popular jokes, and also a story of
three friends - Adi, Pele and Chemik, who experience many
adventures.
DIRECTOR
Konrad Niewolski
CAST
Agnieszka Włodarczyk
Andrzej Andrzejewski
Borys Szyc
Tomasz Borkowski
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Comedy
YEAR
2006
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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PALIMPSEST
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Police Inspector , a man on the brink of mental disintegration, is investigating a murder case. It seems that the crime was committed by someone of
the victim’s closest circle. Yet the criminal cleverly covers up his tracks, tangles the leads up and provokes sensual experiences and flashbacks. Artistic
blend of image, sound and music will engross the viewer into the deepest
recesses of Marek’s consciousness. The viewer will face the question of what
is real and what is phantasmagoric, where is the line between reality and
our representation of it, and – finally – what gives meaning to suffering and
what is truly important in life.
DIRECTOR
Konrad Niewolski
CAST
Andrzej Chyra
Magdalena Cielecka
Robert Gonera
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Thriller
YEAR
2006
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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ROMAN
TRIPTYCH
In 2002, the great Pope John Paul II wrote kind of a testament,
a poem describing the most important facts from his life.
(Tryptyk Rzymski)
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The movie uses the full text of the poem “Roman Triptych”, the masterpiece described
by the Author as “meditations”. It tries to show the views on which the meditations
are based: the author’s homeland, fragments of Sistine chapel’s frescos, as well as
the image of herdsmen movement from Ur, town in Chaldean area.
DIRECTOR
Marek Luzar
CAST
-
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Drama / Animation
YEAR
2006
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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THE
UNDERNEATH
(Pod powierzchnią)
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Piotr feels strange among successful people professing the cult of money
and fun, such as Michal, his old friend from school, and Ania, Michal’s girlfriend. Piotr spends a weekend with them in their forest cabin, which leads
Piotr to discover another part of his personality, which is dark and full of
passion. He will hale to solve his internal conflict with his unknown, until
now, part of himself. He will hale to defeat the temptations… or surrender
to them.
DIRECTOR
Marek Gajczak
CAST
Zbigniew Kaleta
Beata Kozikowska
Tomasz Karolak
Magdalena Boczarska
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Thriller
YEAR
2006
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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MY
NIKIFOR
(Mój Nikifor)
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Based on authentic events story of the last eight years of life of Nikifor, numbered among five greatest naive artists of the world. Nikifor for most of his
life was misunderstood, ridiculed and treated with contempt. In Krynica, he
was regarded as insane, provoking either fear or laughter. In 1960 Nikifor
meets Marian Włosiński, a young painter. Włosiński initially wants to get
rid of the nuisance, but when he gets to know Nikifor better, he discovers his
inborn genius. He abandons his aspirations to painting and taking care of
Nikifor becomes the whole new meaning of his life.
DIRECTOR
Krzysztof Krauze
CAST
Krystyna Feldman
Roman Gancarczyk
Lucyna Malec
Marian Dziędziel
COUNTRY
Poland
GENRE
Historica drama /
Biography
YEAR
2004
TERRITORY
Worldwide
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