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Doktór Murek

1939 · 91 min

A somber, elegant rise-and-fall tale of reinvention, watching a wronged man climb Warsaw's salons under a borrowed name.

Directed by: Juliusz Gardan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Franciszek Brodniewicz, Nora Ney, Jadwiga Andrzejewska

Overview: The life story of Franciszek Murka, a municipal official. He is dismissed from his job as a result of unfounded slander about his alleged left-wing political past. After losing his government job, he assumes the identity of a foreigner named Franz Klamm and makes a career for himself in the aristocratic salons of Warsaw as a master of the occult.

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Directed by: Juliusz Gardan
Genres: Drama
Starring: Franciszek Brodniewicz, Nora Ney, Jadwiga Andrzejewska

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
betrayal
class
ambition
deception
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Juliusz Gardan
Written by: Juliusz Gardan
Starring: Franciszek Brodniewicz, Nora Ney, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski, Janina Wilczówna, Ina Benita, Bronisław Dardziński, Maria Żabczyńska
Music: Władysław Szpilman
Cinematography: Seweryn Steinwurzel
Runtime: 91 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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