Cold War

2018 Paweł Pawlikowski 1h 28m
Romance Music Drama

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

Cast

Joanna Kulig Zuzanna 'Zula' Lichoń
Tomasz Kot Wiktor Warski
Borys Szyc Lech Kaczmarek
Agata Kulesza Irena Bielecka
Cédric Kahn Michel
Jeanne Balibar Juliette
Adam Woronowicz Consul
Adam Ferency Minister

Where to Watch

Prime Video

Vibes

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Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Cold War

Ida 2013
Pawlikowski's Poland double bill. Two films about love and identity under impossible political pressure. Watch as a double feature
Brief Encounter 1945
Black and white love tragedies. Two films about couples whose love is real and whose timing is catastrophic. Watch as a double feature
Doctor Zhivago 1965
Love against the Iron Curtain. Two films about desire that refuses to obey borders, wars, or history. Watch as a double feature
Atonement 2007
Decades of love destroyed by history. Two films about couples who spend entire lifetimes trying to return to the moment everything was right. Watch as a double feature

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