The Third Part of the Night

The Third Part of the Night

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Release Date

1/4/1972

Runtime

107 mins

Overview

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Budget

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Revenue

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A hallucinatory nightmare trapped in the horror of Nazi occupation, where psychological disintegration mirrors the collapse of human civilization. This is cinema as psychological and moral devastation.

Mood

Dread-soakedBleakUnsettlingClaustrophobic

Themes

GriefIdentityWarSurvival

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastDesaturated

Structure

Nonlinear

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Graphic violence

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