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The Call of the Toad

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Original title

Wróżby kumakaaka

AKA

Unkenrufe
Wrozby kumaka

Year

2005

Running time

98 min.

Country

Poland

Director

Robert Glinski

Screenwriter

Klaus Richter, Pawel Huelle, Cezary Harasimowicz. Novel: Günter Grass

Cast

Music

Richard G. Mitchell

Cinematography

Jacek Petrycki

Producer

ARD Degeto Film, Film and Music Entertainment

Genre

Drama

Movie Groups

Günter Grass Adaptations

Synopsis

Based on the novel "The Call of the Toad" written by Nobel Prize Winner Günter Grass, it tells the love story between a German (Matthias Habich) and a Polish woman (Krystyna Janda) who become caught up in the advent of modern capitalism in Poland. The story begins in Gda?sk, Poland, in 1989, Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Piatkowska first meet on their way to a cemetery. Both are survivors from the end of World War II when many people from Poland and Germany were displaced as borders were re-drawn according to new treaties. But they discover that displacement and war is not all they have in common.

Awards: 2006: Polish Film Awards: 4 Nominations

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The Call of the Toad

2005

Robert Glinski