Za co? (1996)

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Country: Poland, Russia
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1996-04-18
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers: Aleksandr Bondarev , Pavel Finn , Jerzy Kawalerowicz , Valeriy Pendrakovskiy
Language: Polish
Stars: Magdalena Wójcik , Artur Zmijewski , Emilia Krakowska , Dorota Sadowska , Stepan Starchikov , Anatoliy Kuznetsov , Natalya Arinbasarova , Valery Belyayev , Dariusz Biskupski , Maksim Borisov
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: 3 nominations
AKA: Za co? , Why? , За что? (Russian Federation) , Za co? (Poland) , Miért? (Hungary)
Plot: WHY? (Za chto?) '99 POLISH/Russian, Dir Jerzy Kawalerowicz, based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality. Polish subtitles when Russian is spoken. Romantic tragedy is set in the 1830s when freedom from Russian rule was a faint hope of the Polish. Jozin Migurski (Artur Zmijewski) is a suitor for spirited Albina (Magdalena Wojcik), daughter of an aristocratic land-owner. He joins in on the attempted revolt in Warsaw, is captured and is sent to serve at a Siberian border outpost with no hope of returning. Naively, Albina chooses to go there and begin life with Jozin under wretched conditions. Clear subtitles.
IMDB:tt0115039