

Summer Solstice
2015-10-22 · 100 min · ★ 5.7
Romek is a Polish railway worker and Guido is a German soldier. They are both 17, in love with jazz and the same pretty girl. But it's 1943 somewhere in German-occupied Poland, and their lives are bound to change soon.
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Production details
- Directors
- Michał Rogalski
- Production companies
- Prasa i Film, Sunday Filmproduktion, Synchron- und Tonstudio Leipzig, Telewizja Polska, Odra-Film, Mafilm, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Orka, RBB
- Countries
- Poland, Germany
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,625,498
Top Cast
Jonas NayGuido
Steffen ScheumannOberleutnant
Gerdy ZintOdi
Filip PiotrowiczRomek
Urszula BoguckaFranka
Bartłomiej TopaLeon
Maria SemotiukBunia
André HennickeHauptwachtmeister
Agnieszka KrukównaMatka Romka
Krzysztof CzeczotKarwan
Juliusz Krzysztof WarunekKarpiuk
Jochen SenfHübsch
Anita PoddębniakTereska
Ireneusz KoziołOjciec Franki
Damian UlUrbaniak
Bartłomiej KotschedoffBrat BuniTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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