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Summer Solstice
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Summer Solstice

2015-10-22 · 100 min · ★ 5.7

Romance · Drama · War

Romek is a Polish railway worker and Guido is a German soldier. They are both 17, in love with jazz and the same pretty girl. But it's 1943 somewhere in German-occupied Poland, and their lives are bound to change soon.

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Directors
Michał Rogalski
Production companies
Prasa i Film, Sunday Filmproduktion, Synchron- und Tonstudio Leipzig, Telewizja Polska, Odra-Film, Mafilm, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Orka, RBB
Countries
Poland, Germany
Status
Released
Budget
USD 2,625,498

Top Cast

Jonas NayJonas NayGuido
Steffen ScheumannSteffen ScheumannOberleutnant
Gerdy ZintGerdy ZintOdi
Filip PiotrowiczFilip PiotrowiczRomek
Urszula BoguckaUrszula BoguckaFranka
Bartłomiej TopaBartłomiej TopaLeon
Maria SemotiukMaria SemotiukBunia
André HennickeAndré HennickeHauptwachtmeister
Agnieszka KrukównaAgnieszka KrukównaMatka Romka
Krzysztof CzeczotKrzysztof CzeczotKarwan
Juliusz Krzysztof WarunekJuliusz Krzysztof WarunekKarpiuk
Konstantin Zadvornysoviet officer
Michael JokischUdo
Rainer FörsterHorst
Jochen SenfJochen SenfHübsch
Anita PoddębniakAnita PoddębniakTereska
Ireneusz KoziołIreneusz KoziołOjciec Franki
Damian UlDamian UlUrbaniak
Jürgen HoppmanGruber
Bartłomiej KotschedoffBartłomiej KotschedoffBrat Buni

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