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POLAND · 1972

The Third Part of the Night

Andrzej Żuławski
Nazi occupation grief and loss identity crisis surrealism psychological trauma
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Synopsis

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.

Year1972
CountryPoland
DirectorAndrzej Żuławski
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