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The Man with the Magic Box (2017)

The Man with the Magic Box poster
Original title
Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem
Directed by
Bodo Kox
Genre
drama film, dystopian film
Country
Poland
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man in a repressive future Poland discovers a mysterious device that lets him travel back to the 1950s. He becomes caught between the grim present and a past with its own struggles.

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What happens

The Man with the Magic Box (Polish: Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem) is a 2017 science fiction dystopia thriller film written and directed by Polish film director Bodo Kox. The film is set in 2030 of Orwellian Poland and involves elements of time travel to the times of Communist Poland of 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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