The Painted Bird

WarDramaThriller

"Light is visible only in the dark"

User Score176 votes

71%7.1/10

Release2019→

Runtime2H 49M

LanguageCzech

StatusReleased

Synopsis

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

Principal Cast8

Petr Kotlár

Joska

Nina Šunevič

Marta

Alla Sokolova

Olga

Udo Kier

Miller

Michaela Doležalová

Miller's Wife

Stellan Skarsgård

Hans

Harvey Keitel

Priest

Julian Sands

Garbos

Full Cast & Crew (175)

Media38

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Director

Václav Marhoul

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Trailer

Box Office

Budget$8M

Revenue$1M

Keywords

child abusebased on novel or bookwar crimesfairy talejewish ghettoholocaust (shoah)world war iigerman-polish bordersexual violencegerman occupationbrutal deathviolent deathpolandnazi occupationnazi invasionhistorical drama1940srussian occupationchild protagonistgerman history20th century

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Reviews1

rozmiarek6/10

(EXCUSE THE ALL CAPS-KEYBOARD IS BROKEN) I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FILM AFTER READING IT IN HIGH SCHOOL. SUCH A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN STORY OF HORROR. THIS ADAPTATION FELT LIKE A SILENT FILM FILM FROM THE 30'S WITH NO EXPLANATION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIALOGUE. MAKING THIS LONG AWAITED FILM COME OFF AS PRENTIOUS. SAD BUT TRUE.

Sep 3, 2021