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The Girl from the Wardrobe
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The Girl from the Wardrobe

2013-06-14 · 88 min · ★ 5.7

Drama · Comedy

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.

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Directors
Bodo Kox
Production companies
CANAL+ Polska, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
Countries
Poland
Status
Released
Budget
USD 9,089,406

Top Cast

Magdalena RóżańskaMagdalena RóżańskaMagda
Wojciech MecwaldowskiWojciech MecwaldowskiTomek
Piotr GłowackiPiotr GłowackiJacek
Eryk LubosKrzysztof
Teresa SawickaKwiatkowska
Magdalena PopławskaMagdalena PopławskaAnna
Sebastian StankiewiczSebastian StankiewiczAndrzej
Wojciech KalarusWojciech KalarusDr. Piotrowski
Marcela StankoWeronika
Olga BołądźOlga BołądźAga
Tomas Mayer
Edyta OlszówkaEdyta OlszówkaActress
Andrzej MakowieckiAndrzej Makowiecki
Modest RucińskiModest RucińskiOskar Boszko
Michał Surdej
Delfina WilkońskaDelfina WilkońskaGirl
Paulina GałązkaPaulina GałązkaGirl
Grzegorz Goch
Marcin KowalczykMarcin Kowalczyk
Magdalena WoźniakMagdalena Woźniak

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