
ABC Book
1976-01-01 · 8 min · ★ 7.9
A staged cinematic parable, it presents in symbolic images a painful diagnosis of Poles' sense of identity in the 1970s.
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- Directors
- Wojciech Wiszniewski
- Production companies
- WFO Film Studio
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Released
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