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Virtuti

1989

A grim, weary trudge through collapsing wartime hopes, watching soldiers march toward a defeat they cannot escape.

Overview
Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, suffering hunger and discomfort along with his soldiers, he joins various divisions, collects survivors and fights. From a German prisoner of war, he finally learns that the Soviets have entered Poland. Finally, he and his men manage to reach his home unit, but that unit has just surrendered to the Germans.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
war
Directed by
Jacek Butrymowicz
Written by
Jacek Butrymowicz
Starring
Kazimierz Wysota, Dorota Pomykała, Arkadiusz Bazak, Zbigniew Buczkowski, Maciej Góraj, Krzysztof Jędrysek, Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Krzysztof Stachowski
Country
Poland
Languages
German, Polish

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