Through the Wall

Through the Wall

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Release Date

9/21/2026

Runtime

120 mins

Overview

In November 1947, Wieslawa Pajdak was arrested for her activities in the anti-communist underground and sent to prison on Rakowiecka Street. A few days later, Jerzy Smiechowski was placed in the next cell. One night, they begin talking through the wall via Morse code. Although it's hard to believe, this is how they met and fell in love. They got engaged through a wall. Seven years later, they married in prison, where they met for the first time. They lived together for fifty years.

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Budget

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Revenue

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A tender, almost miraculous true story of connection forged in the most impossible circumstances. Two people separated by a prison wall communicate through Morse code and build an intimate relationship they can only see after years of imprisonment.

Mood

RomanticWistfulBittersweetHopeful

Themes

LoveFreedomMemory

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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