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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2021-12-05

_**Hell on Earth in a crumbling city during WW2**_ After five years of German occupation, youths in Warsaw in 1944 rise up to resist at great cost. Józef Pawlowski, Zofia Wichlacz and Anna Próchniak play the main protagonists. “Warsaw ’44” (2014) combines the setting of “The Pianist” (2002) with the basic situation of “Enemy at the Gates” (2001) and the brutal action of “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). Like “Pearl Harbor” (2001), it establishes a youthful romance and then follows the players through the carnage. In its own unique way it’s pretty much on par with any of these earlier movies. Once the uprising starts the storytelling becomes pretty chaotic due to the frenzied state of affairs, which might turn off some viewers. There are also 2-3 artistic flourishes, which struck me as curious, but I just rolled with them and enjoyed the cinematic art thereof. In other words, don’t let these eccentric embellishments ruin the experience but rather the opposite. The close that creatively showcases the burning, collapsing city juxtaposed with modern Warsaw is excellently done. At the end of the day, “Warsaw ’44” is enlightening, shocking and… unforgettable. I should add that this is a Polish production with the characters speaking mostly Polish. Needless to say, if you don’t speak Polish you’ll have to utilize the subtitles. The film runs 2 hours, 5 minutes (minus the opening 2.5 minutes of tedious studio credits), and was shot in Warsaw, Poland. GRADE: A-/B+

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Józef Pawłowski

Zofia Wichłacz

Anna Próchniak

Antoni Królikowski

Maurycy Popiel

Filip Gurłacz

Michał Mikołajczak

Karolina Staniec

Jaśmina Polak

Tomasz Schuchardt

Michał Żurawski

Michał Meyer

Grzegorz Daukszewicz

Piotr Biedroń

Jan Kowalewski

Monika Kwiatkowska

Filip Szczepkowski

Max Riemelt

Mads Hjulmand

Enno Kalisch

Aleksandra Adamska

Szymon Bekier

Jacek Beler

Stanisław Biczysko

Wojciech Błach

Lidia Bogaczówna

Marek Bogucki

Łucja Burzyńska

Ewa Bzdęga

Tadeusz Chudecki

Szymon Czacki

Michał Czadera

Krzysztof Czeczot

Michał Czernecki

Natan Czyżewski

Michał Dudziński

Jan Dravnel

Sebastian Fabijański

Aleksandra Górska

Marzena Czura

Sebastian Hamera

Marianna Januszewicz

Alina Kamińska

Nikodem Kasprowicz

Magdalena Koleśnik

Julia Konarska

Marcin Korcz

Konrad Korkosiński

Filip Kowalczyk

Maciej Kowalczyk

Tomasz Kubiatowicz

Barbara Jonak

Marcin Łuczak

Maciej Maciejewski

Maria Maj

Konrad Marszałek

Gabriela Mazurek

Jakub Mazurek

Józef Mika

Jacek Mikołajczak

Igor Obłoza

Michalina Olszańska

Kamil Pardo

Matylda Paszczenko

Stanisław Penksyk

Anita Poddębniak

Bartosz Porczyk

Albert Pyśk

Tadeusz Ratuszniak

Maciej Robakiewicz

Robert Rogalski

Piotr Rogucki

Katarzyna Sawczuk

Ewa Serwa

Dariusz Siastacz