Released Date:
1989-02-10
Languages:
Polish
Countries:
Poland
Runtime:
166 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (780 Reviews)
Director:
Andrzej ZulawskiAndrzej Zulawski
Jerzy Zulawski (books)
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They eventually die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god. Some time later, a space bureaucrat running from a broken heart, arrives and finds colonizer's descendants enslaved by birdmonstern called Cherns. Society is divided into a numerous classes, and everyone is waiting for the arrival of a messiah. The newcomer is considered a suitable candidate and for some time he lives as a god. In the end he is crucified by his people.
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