Tonight a City Will Die (1961)
- Original title
- Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
- Directed by
- Jan Rybkowski
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film shows the firebombing of Dresden in 1945 from the perspective of Polish forced laborers who were there. It follows their experience of the destruction and chaos as the city is destroyed around them.
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What happens
Tonight a City Will Die (Polish: Dziś w nocy umrze miasto) is a 1961 Polish drama film directed by Jan Rybkowski which presents the tragedy of Dresden during bombings between 13 and 14 February 1945, as seen through the eyes of Polish forced laborers. It was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where Boguslaw Lambach won the Silver Prize for Director of Photography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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