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The Musicians

2021 · 82 min War Drama
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

Roman Cudakowski, for his friends Cudak, plays in a band at weddings and city parties. During the occupation, the musician did not do well. Entrances to the premises for Germans are an opportunity to earn money. However, they cannot imagine themselves orchestras without a violinist. Cudak takes the gifted Szymon Akerman out of the ghetto to concerts, with whom he did not agree before the war. In the new reality, they both need each other: Cudak can earn money by playing with Akerman, has a chance to survive. One day, Roman decides to permanently take the violinist and his family from the ghetto and hide them, risking his life, in his home.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Cudak
Year 2021
Country Poland
Genre War, Drama
Director Anna Kazejak
Runtime 82 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (5 votes)

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The film constructs its tension not through battlefields, but through the silent clash of two former rivals forced into a fragile alliance. It relies on the details of daily life, the shared language of music, and unspoken glances to explore how prejudice crumbles under the weight of a common struggle for survival.

What lingers after the credits is a quiet testament to the unheroic, everyday acts of resistance that define humanity in its darkest hours. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Anna Kazejak

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