1974 · drama · historical · epic
The Deluge
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman4h 47m1974
During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.
Our read: The Deluge (1974) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · historical · epic entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme drama / historical, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- epic-stakes
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