The Inn

IMDb link: 0085198
IMDb rating: 6.7 (729 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast: Wojciech Pszoniak, Franciszek Pieczka, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska and others

Release date: 28 Mar 1983
Release year: 1982
Runtime: 109 minutes
Country: Poland
Keywords: breast feeding, year 1914, poland, jew, ukrainian, cossack, hussar, baroness, austrian, galician

Plot:

Set in the Polish Galicia in 1914, on the eve of World War I. Three nationalities are living in the area: Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish. The country inn (Austeria in Galician) is run by an old and wise Jew, Tag. The neighboring village is abandoned by the Jews, who left only few steps ahead of advancing Cossacks. Soon the inn is full of desperate Jews, there is also an Austrian baroness on the run and an Hungarian hussar cut off from his unit.

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