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Interrogation

1989 · 118 min

It is a suffocating and harrowing descent into the machinery of state oppression.

Overview
In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • power
  • corruption
  • survival
  • isolation
  • freedom
Places
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism9
Romance4
Tension10
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight10

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Ryszard Bugajski
Written by
Janusz Dymek, Ryszard Bugajski
Starring
Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos, Agnieszka Holland, Bożena Dykiel, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Anna Romantowska, Tomasz Dedek
Music
Danuta Zankowska
Cinematography
Jacek Petrycki
Runtime
118 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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