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29/03/2019 Horror, War, History 1h 28m
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Liberation was just the beginning...

Overview

Summer of 1945. A temporary orphanage is established in an abandoned palace surrounded by forests for the eight children liberated from the Gross-Rosen camp. Hanka, also a former inmate, becomes their guardian. After the atrocities of the camp, the protagonists slowly begin to regain what is left of their childhood but the horror returns quickly. Camp Alsatians roam the forests around. Released by the SS earlier on, they have gone feral and are starving. Looking for food they besiege the palace. The children are terrified and their camp survival instinct is triggered.

  1. Adrian Panek

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Nicolas Przygoda

    Janek

  2. Kamil Polnisiak

    Władek

  3. Sonia Mietielica

    Hanka

  4. Werner Daehn

    SS Man

  5. Danuta Stenka

    Jadwiga

  6. Jakub Syska

    Siwi

  7. Helena Mazur

    Ruda

  8. Krzysztof Durski

    Czarny

  9. Maksymilian Balcerowski

    Chudy

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Reviews

A review by Stephen Campbell
Written by Stephen Campbell on 2019-10-17
**_A World War II political allegory/fairy tale/coming of age drama wrapped up in a horror aesthetic that works exceptionally well_**

>_Everything that was not connected with the immediate task of keeping oneself and one's closest friends alive lost its value. Everything was sacrificed to this end. A man's character became involved to the point that he was caught in a mental turmoil which threatened all the values he held and threw them into doubt. Under the influence of a world which no longer recognised the value of human life and human dignity, which had robbed man of his will and had ma...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Polish

Budget
$130,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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