SUMMER SOLSTICE
synopsis
Poland, 1943. When love, friendship, and fate connect a simple Polish country boy, the daughter of a local farmer, a young German soldier, and a Jewish girl from Warsaw. Guido, Romek, Franka and Bunia, all come across something that both threatens and provides an escape from their harsh reality: love. The ill-fated and unlikely connection of these four, in the context of a horrific war, leads to a series of tragedies. Will they be able to hold on to their dreams while facing the horrors of their time and the uncertainty of their future?
international title: | Summer Solstice |
original title: | Letnie przesilenie |
country: | Poland, Germany |
sales agent: | Wide Management |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michal Rogalski |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | DE 22/10/2015 |
screenplay: | Michal Rogalski |
cast: | Filip Piotrowicz, Jonas Nay, Urszula Bogucka, Maria Semotiuk |
cinematography by: | Jerzy Zielinski |
film editing: | Milenia Fiedler |
producer: | Ewa Borgunska, René Frotscher, Thomas Jeschner, Maciej Strzembosz, Eva-Marie Martens |
production: | Prasa I Film, Mafilm Martens Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg - RBB, Synchron- & Tonstudio Leipzig, Sunday Filmproduktion |
distributor: | Farbfilm Verleih GmbH |