Directed by:
Wladyslaw PasikowskiScreenplay:
Wladyslaw PasikowskiCinematography:
Pawel EdelmanComposer:
Michal LorencCast:
Boguslaw Linda, Marek Kondrat, Cezary Pazura, Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Zbigniew Bielski, Tomasz Dedek, Ryszard Fischbach, Marek Frackowiak (more)Plots(1)
Not long after the Fall of the Wall, a group of former Polish Stasi agents are integrated into the police force. Franz Maurer (whose intelligence career was aided by his marriage to a Politburo member’s daughter) loses three of his men in the line of duty while fighting organised crime. Soon it becomes clear that the brutal slayings could only have been carried out by his ex-colleagues – and whoever is pulling the strings seems to be above the law. Maurer’s vendetta against his corrupt and cynical social environment serves as an allegory of post-Communist conditions. Capturing the essence of the era, this iconoclastic and provocative mafia thriller became an audience favourite within the new cinema of “immoral unrest”. (goEast - Festival des mittel- und osteuropäischen Films)
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Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
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Aleksander Fabisiak
Poland
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Pigs (1992)
Ryszard Pietruski
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Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
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Wojciech Pacyna
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Pigs (1992)
Aleksander Bednarz
Soviet Union
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Teodor Gendera
Poland
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Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Axiliad (1986)
Jerzy Zass
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Maria Raif
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Marek Kasprzyk
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Mariusz Pilawski
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Lidia Lubińska
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Andrzej Jurczak
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The Dancing Hawk (1977)
Westerplatte Resists (1967)
Katarzyna Butowtt
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Pigs (1992)
Andrzej Musiał
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Wojciech Magnuski
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Pigs (1992)
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Witold Bieliński
Poland
Dariusz Odija
Poland
Best movies:
Pigs (1992)
Eugeniusz Karczewski
Poland
Jan Pyjor
Poland
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Point of No Return (1984)
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Craig Massey
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Pigs (1992)