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Operation Dunaj

2009 · 100 min

A wry, bittersweet war comedy that finds absurdity and quiet humanity in the chaos of an unwanted invasion.

Overview
Operation Danube was the cover name for the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. The fleet of Polish tanks which arrive to liberate their neighbor, ostensibly threatened by a counter-revolution, includes the old tank nicknamed Ladybird, which is the last to leave the barracks.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • power
  • identity
  • friendship
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, history
Directed by
Jacek Głomb
Written by
Jacek Kondracki, Robert Urbański
Starring
Eva Holubová, Jiří Menzel, Maciej Stuhr, Maciej Nawrocki, Bogdan Grzeszczak, Przemysław Bluszcz, Bolek Polívka, Jaroslav Dušek
Cinematography
Jacek Petrycki
Runtime
100 min
Country
Czech Republic, Poland
Languages
Czech, Polish, Russian

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