War Games and the Man Who Stopped Them
A uniquely constructed portrait of the Polish Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, who provided the CIA with more than 40,000 strategic documents from the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War. Was he a traitor, or the savior of Poland? The Polish documentary filmmaker Dariusz Jablonski begins his story of the colonel in 2004, when he was supposed to interview him for the very first time. It turns out that Kuklinski has just died, and at the request of the colonel's wheelchair-bound wife, Jablonski agrees to take care of his ashes. He talks with a considerable number of closely involved ex-servicemen -- from the U.S. head of espionage General William E. Odom to the Warsaw Pact Commander-in-Chief Viktor Kulikov, the Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski, and former Polish President Lech Walesa.
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| Original Title | Gry wojenne |
| Year | 2009 |
| Country | Poland, Slovakia, Germany |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Dariusz Jabłoński |
| Runtime | 119 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 8.0/10 (1 votes) |
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Dariusz Jablonski constructs a gripping ethical puzzle, weaving archival footage with stark contemporary interviews to examine the legacy of a man torn between oaths. The film refuses easy judgment, presenting conflicting testimonies that challenge simplistic notions of loyalty.
What lingers after is the unsettling weight of history and the recognition that moral choices are rarely clear-cut in the shadows of geopolitics. It’s a sobering reflection on the individual caught in the machinery of state. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Dariusz Jabłoński
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