3 Movies Starring Jan Nowicki

Barrier

Barrier

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-11-18

Languages:

Polish

Countries:

Poland

Runtime:

77 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (277 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaComedy

Fullplot:

The Hourglass Sanatorium

The Hourglass Sanatorium

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-12-12

Languages:

Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, Latin

Countries:

Poland

Runtime:

124 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1654 Reviews)

Director:

Wojciech Has

Genres:

DramaFantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Wojciech Has

Bruno Schulz (story)

Fullplot:

Set in pre-World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, and his parents. It is an interior adventure, with unusual atmospheric flair and extraordinary sets.

The Seventh Room

The Seventh Room

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-06

Languages:

Hungarian

Countries:

Italy, Hungary

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (84 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Roberta Mazzoni

Mèrta Mèszèros

èva Pataki

Fullplot:

This movie is based on the life of Saint Edith Stein. She was a German nun of Jewish descent who had converted to Catholicism. Much of her early life was spent as an outspoken academic. There, according to the movie, she feuded with Joseph Heller, a fellow professor with right wing beliefs. In 1933, after Jews were no longer allowed to teach, she became a nun in the Spartan-like Carmelite order. But when World War II heated up, Heller, who had become an important Nazi official, took his revenge. He had her deported to Auschwitz.

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