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The Reconciliation
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The Reconciliation

2017-10-13 · 87 min · ★ 4.9

War · Drama · History

The beginning of 1945, Poland. In a newly liberated country, the Communist Security Service is annihilating its enemies under the guise of punishing "national traitors." They organize a labor camp for Germans, Silesians and Poles, on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp called Zgoda / Reconciliation. Franek, who is in love with the Polish prisoner Anna, goes to work as a warder in the camp to save her. He does not know that one of the prisoners - Erwin, his German friend, also loved this girl for a long time. Franek joins the communists in the illusory hope of outsmarting the system.

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Directors
Maciej Sobieszczański
Production companies
EBH, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Wajda Studio, Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
Countries
Poland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Julian ŚwieżewskiJulian ŚwieżewskiFranek Gruda
Jakub GierszałJakub GierszałErwin
Zofia WichłaczZofia WichłaczAnna Nowicka
Danuta StenkaDanuta StenkaFranek's Mother
Wojciech ZielińskiWojciech ZielińskiCommandant Szlomo
Paweł TomaszewskiPaweł TomaszewskiCorporal Wróbel
Tomasz SaprykTomasz SaprykGerhard Althoff
Krzysztof FranieczekKrzysztof FranieczekGerhard Althoff (voice)
Martyna KrzysztofikMartyna KrzysztofikProstitute
Jacek BelerJacek BelerGuard 'Wysocki'
Stanisław CywkaStanisław CywkaJózef
Filip KrupaAntek
Jakub SasakJakub SasakJanek
Rafał Garnecki'Chudy'
Dariusz ChojnackiDariusz ChojnackiDoctor Glombitza
Magdalena BiegańskaMagdalena BiegańskaGertruda
Martin BogdanMartin BogdanCapo Walter Skutela
Filip PawlakPrisoner
Kamil StudnickiKamil StudnickiPrisoner
Marek PyśMarek PyśPrisoner

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