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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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