Mystery, Thriller, Crime
A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in southeast Poland Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of antiSemitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of PolishJewish relations and real findings of his work that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Grifters
The Sentinel
Haunted
Zigomar - the Black Scourge - Episode 1
Nightmare Alley
Excellent Cadavers
Varg Veum - Buried Dogs
The Letter
Exit to Eden
The Before and After Lonely Castle in the Mirror
The Cry of the Owl
Foxfire
The Parallax View
The Fencing Master
A Perfect Enemy
Caught Stealing
Night and the City
Crab
The Ninth Configuration
Leave Her to Heaven
SIMILAR MOVIES
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IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 1990
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IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1977
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IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1995
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.Zigomar - the Black Scourge - Episode 1
IMDB 1 | Jan , 1913
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IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1947
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IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1999
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IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 2008
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IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1940
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IMDB 4.1 | Oct , 1994
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IMDB 5.5 | May , 2023
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IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 2009
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IMDB 6 | Aug , 1996
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.The Parallax View
IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 1974
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.The Fencing Master
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1992
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IMDB 6.4 | Jun , 2021
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IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 2025
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.Night and the City
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1950
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.Crab
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1982
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IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 1980
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.Leave Her to Heaven
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1945
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