Siberian Exile
– An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the per..
An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible, merciless nature... Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will where rate will be life of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybka.
22 Feb 2013
Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, German
An epic tale of countless deportations of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews to Siberia during WWII. The fate of the displaced families is shown from the point of view of a young boy named Staszek. He is sent to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions, he starts the struggle for survival, in which the most fearsome opponents turn out to be merciless nature and deadly famine. The circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Not only does he have to learn how to survive but also choose between two girls: the Jewish one named Cynia and the Russian girl called Luybka.
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