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The Third Part of the Night

1972 · 107 min

A disorienting, nightmarish plunge into grief and occupation, where reality keeps folding in on itself and every corridor leads to another trap.

Directed by
Andrzej Żuławski
Genres
War, Drama, Horror
Starring
Leszek Teleszyński, Małgorzata Braunek, Jan Nowicki
Overview
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.

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Directed by
Andrzej Żuławski
Genres
War, Drama, Horror
Starring
Leszek Teleszyński, Małgorzata Braunek, Jan Nowicki
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • grief
  • death
  • madness
  • survival
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity9
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
war, drama, horror
Directed by
Andrzej Żuławski
Written by
Andrzej Żuławski, Mirosław Żuławski
Starring
Leszek Teleszyński, Małgorzata Braunek, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Goliński, Anna Milewska, Michał Grudziński, Marek Walczewski, Hanna Stankówna
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
107 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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