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Teddy Bear

1981 · 110 min

A wry, labyrinthine comedy that turns bureaucratic absurdity into a deadpan game of survival, watching clever people outwit a system.

Directed by
Stanisław Bareja
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Stanisław Tym, Barbara Burska, Christine Paul-Podlasky
Overview
En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Stanisław Bareja
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Stanisław Tym, Barbara Burska, Christine Paul-Podlasky
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • class
  • identity
  • deception
  • politics
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Stanisław Bareja, Stanisław Tym
Starring
Stanisław Tym, Barbara Burska, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bronisław Pawlik, Ewa Bem, Zofia Czerwińska, Cezary Julski
Music
Jerzy Derfel
Cinematography
Zdzislaw Kaczmarek
Runtime
110 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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