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The Reconciliation (2017)
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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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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Genre:War, Drama, History
Written By:Małgorzata Sobieszczańska
In Theaters:10/15/2017
Box Office:
Runtime:87 minutes
Studio:EBH, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Wajda Studio, Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
Cast
Maciej Sobieszczański
Director
Julian Świeżewski
Franek Gruda
Jakub Gierszał
Erwin
Zofia Wichłacz
Anna Nowicka
Danuta Stenka
Franek's Mother
Wojciech Zieliński
Commandant Szlomo
Paweł Tomaszewski
Corporal Wróbel
Tomasz Sapryk
Gerhard Althoff
Krzysztof Franieczek
Gerhard Althoff (voice)
Martyna Krzysztofik
Prostitute
Jacek Beler
Guard 'Wysocki'
Stanisław Cywka
Józef
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