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The Lullaby
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The Lullaby

1986-01-01 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 8.0

Drama · War · History

The movie consists of three novellas, the events of which take place during World War II. The first, "White Daisies", tells how a Polish priest saves a Jewish boy who survived a mass shooting. Another movie story, "Desolation," is about a ghetto boy in love who must, by all means, bring wildflowers to his beloved. The third novel, "The Cuckoo's Prediction," is about a prisoner who escapes from a POW camp. He escapes after his bunkmate tells him that he heard him speaking Yiddish in his sleep.

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Directors
Efraim Sevela
Production companies
FDF S.A., Studio Filmowe Zodiak
Countries
Poland, Switzerland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ludwik BenoitLudwik BenoitPriest
Ventsy PavlovRefugee
Artur BarciśArtur BarciśSS-Lageraufseher
Marek FrąckowiakMarek FrąckowiakMMG Soldier
Maciej PietrzykMaciej Pietrzyk
Herman Lehrer
Elżbieta StrzałkowskaElżbieta Strzałkowska
Michał SzwejlichMichał Szwejlich
Gerard Ojeda
Leonid Hasin
Marta Tupikowska
Bartosz Maciejewski
Agnieszka Rostkowska
Piotr SzulkinPiotr Szulkin
Roman Kruczkowski

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