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Eastern European Cinema

Again this category lumps a lot of countries together where the Alice collection is not large enough to warrant separate shelf-space for each country represented. Eastern European films are often categorised by a healthy black humour, an ability to look hardship in the eye and laugh - if somewhat bitterly at times. Included here are films from Poland, Austria, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. To look for films from a specific country refer to the 'By Country' link on the left.

No End (2006)

7.6/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Grazyna Szapolowska

It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney... Read more

No Man's Land (2001)

8/10
Director: Danis Tanovic
Starring: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Simon Callow, Katrin Cartlidge

Set at the height of the Bosnian Civil War in 1993, writer/director Danis Tanovic's Oscar-winning dark comedy boils the absurdity of warfare down to i... Read more

Police, Adjective (2009)

7/10
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Vlad Ivanov

A double prize winner at Cannes, Police, Adjective is the new whip-smart, dryly funny comedy from Romania's official entry to the 2009 Academy Awards.... Read more

Question in Details (2010)

7.3/10
Director: Zsombor Dyga
Starring: Ferenc Elek, Katya Tompos, Roland Raba

Eszti is in a park waiting for a date, where Zoli turns up to snatch a few quiet minutes for himself. It's all a misunderstanding, and the girl wants... Read more

Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)

8/10
Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Starring: Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the... Read more

Rembetiko (1983)

8.2/10
Director: Costas Ferris
Starring: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka

A fictionalized biopic that uniquely chronicles the story of Greece from 1917 to 1956, as it overlaps it with the tragic personal story of Marika Nino... Read more

Revanche (2008)

7.6/10
Director: Gotz Spielmann
Starring: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss

At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama, this stunning, Oscar-nominated, break-out hit from Austrian filmmaker Gotz Spielmann is set in a ragge... Read more

Roman Polanski Collection: Knife in the Water / Repulsion / Cul-de-Sac (1962)

Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Ian Hendry, Jolanta Umec...

'Knife in the Water' (90 mins): An absorbing drama that grows out of the tensions created when a couple off for a sailing weekend pick up a student hi... Read more

Satantango (1994)

8.5/10
Director: Bela Tarr
Starring: Peter Berling, Janos Derzsi

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Bela Tarr's epic rendering of Laszlo Karsnahorkai's novel about the decline of Communism in Eastern Europe, is a u... Read more

Silent Wedding (2008)

8/10
Director: Horatiu Malaele
Starring: Tudorel Filimon, Meda Andreea Victor, Valentin Teodosiu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Nic...

Romania, 1953. Mara (Meda Andreea Victor) and Iancu (Alexandru Potocean) are about to get married. Everyone in their village is helping with the weddi... Read more