Siberian Exile

Siberian Exile

EVEN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS LIFE DOESN'T DISPOSE OF IT'S RIGHTS

2013 · 125 min · ★ 4.1 · Drama, Romance, History

An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible, merciless nature... Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will where rate will be life of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybka.

Directed by Janusz Zaorski · Written by Maciej Dutkiewicz

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Adam Woronowicz Jan Dolina
Sonia Bohosiewicz Irena Puc
Paweł Krucz Staszek Dolina
Ihor Hniezdilov Styopa Barabanov
Natalia Rybicka Sylwia
Agnieszka Więdłocha Cynia
Urszula Grabowska Antonina Dolina
Andrii Zhurba Camp Commandant Savin
Marcin Walewski Tadzio Dolina
Valeriy Gulyaeva Lubka Tartakowska
Dmytro Sova Paszka Siedych
Piotr Kondrat Florian Balicki

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