Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

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2015
1h 40m
5.8(20 votes)
Romance
Drama
War

Overview

Romek is a Polish railway worker and Guido is a German soldier. They are both 17, in love with jazz and the same pretty girl. But it's 1943 somewhere in German-occupied Poland, and their lives are bound to change soon.

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Telewizja Polska
Mafilm
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
Studio Orka
RBB

Cast & Crew

39 members
Acting

Jonas Nay

Guido

Jonas Nay
Acting

Steffen Scheumann

Oberleutnant

Steffen Scheumann
Acting

Gerdy Zint

Odi

Gerdy Zint
Acting

Filip Piotrowicz

Romek

Filip Piotrowicz
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Urszula Bogucka

Franka

Urszula Bogucka
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Bartłomiej Topa

Leon

Bartłomiej Topa
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Maria Semotiuk

Bunia

Maria Semotiuk
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André Hennicke

Hauptwachtmeister

André Hennicke
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Agnieszka Krukówna

Matka Romka

Agnieszka Krukówna
Acting

Krzysztof Czeczot

Karwan

Krzysztof Czeczot
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Juliusz Krzysztof Warunek

Karpiuk

Juliusz Krzysztof Warunek
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Константин Задворный

soviet officer

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Michael Jokisch

Udo

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Rainer Förster

Horst

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Jochen Senf

Hübsch

Jochen Senf
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Anita Poddębniak

Tereska

Anita Poddębniak
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Ireneusz Kozioł

Ojciec Franki

Ireneusz Kozioł
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Damian Ul

Urbaniak

Damian Ul
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Jürgen Hoppman

Gruber

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Bartłomiej Kotschedoff

Brat Buni

Bartłomiej Kotschedoff
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Arnd Schildbach

Kauska

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Christian Junghanß

Hassler

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Adam Szyszkowski

Zawiadowca stacji

Adam Szyszkowski
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Jakub Drozdek

Heniek

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Jakub Korzystka

Stasiek

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Artur Krajewski

Partyzant

Artur Krajewski
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Sabina Karwala

Partyzantka

Sabina Karwala
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Wafic Abou Khadra

Partyzant sowiecki

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Igor Stiepanow

Partyzant sowiecki

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Milena Lisiecka

Matka Franki

Milena Lisiecka
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Krzysztof Tysnarzewski

Kolejarz

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Art

Andrzej Kowalewski

Kierowca oberleutnanta

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Art

Piotr Kowalewski

Kierowca Blitza

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Steffen Motzkau

Żandarm Rudolf Obermeyer

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Roland Sonntag

Żandarm Peter Kraus

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Jürgen Pressler

Żandarm Adolf Baumgartner

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Alexander Jerofsky

Żandarm Alexander Tilkowsky

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Jens Mohn

Żandarm Peschke

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Andreas Brinsa

Żandarm Werner

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