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Short Working Day

1995 · 73 min

A claustrophobic, slow-burn political drama that traps you in a bureaucrat's office as a crowd closes in, tense and morally uneasy.

Overview
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • class
  • betrayal
  • isolation
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Written by
Hanna Krall, Krzysztof Kieślowski
Starring
Wacław Ulewicz, Mirosław Siedler, Tadeusz Bartosik, Paweł Nowisz, Zbigniew Bielski, Elżbieta Kijowska, Lech Grzmociński, Marek Kępiński
Music
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Cinematography
Krzysztof Pakulski
Runtime
73 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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