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Cold War (Zimna Wojna)

Synopsis

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatally mismatched and yet fatefully condemned to love each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
87 mins
Director
Pawe Pawlikowski
Producer
Ewa Puszczyska, Tanya Seghatchian
Co-Producer
Piotr Dziciol, Magorzata Bela
Executive Producer
Nathanael Kermit, Jeremy Gawade, John Woodward, Daniel Battsek
Editor
Jaroslaw Kaminski
Screenwriter
Pawe Pawlikowski, Janusz Gowacki, with the collaboration of Piotr Borkowski
Director of Photography
ukasz al
Production Designer
Katarzyna Sobaska, Marcel Sawiski
Sound
Maciej Pawowski, Mirosaw Makowski
Principal cast
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Borys Szyc, Giorgio Rayzacher, Jeanne Balibar, Cédric Kahn

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Poland, France, UK coproduction

An Opus Productions (PL), MK2 Productions (FR), Protagonist Pictures (UK), Apocalypso Pictures Ltd (UK) film with support from Polish Film Institute (PL), CNC - Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (FR), Arte France Cinéma (FR), Film4 (UK), BFI (UK)

Protagonist Pictures

42-48 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7NB

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

42-48 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7NB

MK2

55 Rue Traversière
75012 Paris
France

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