Strawman

Oct 20, 2023

1h 53m

★ 5.2

Overview

Budny, a secret service officer, secretly surveils Bishop Karol Wojtyla for 20 years. An unreciprocated bond forms between Budny and the unaware Wojtyla, leading to an obsessive, pathological relationship from Budny's perspective.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe

Telewizja Polska

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

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Cast

Bronek Budny

Mateusz Więcławek

Marta

Marianna Zydek

Lieutenant Wojnar

Zbigniew Stryj

Priest Michał

Adrian Brząkała

Karol Wojtyła

Maciej Mikołajczyk

Designer Krysia

Zuzanna Lit

'Lysy'

Krzysztof Wach

'Ryzy'

Krzysztof Szczepaniak

Wasik

Szymon Roszak

Irena Kinaszewska

Paulina Kinaszewska

Secretary of the Central Committee

Andrzej Mastalerz

Janiakowa

Barbara Jonak

New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.

5.8

I Deal In Danger

Dec 1, 1966

During World War II, an American who sympathizes with the Nazi cause defects to Germany, where he is greeted as a hero and given a job broadcasting propaganda to the West. What the Nazis don't know is that he is actually a double agent. Compilation of the show Blue Light.

6.2

Kim

Dec 7, 1950

During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.

4.7

Three Faces East

Jul 18, 1930

During World War I, a female agent tries to unmask a German spy.

6.5

Paris Frills

Jun 20, 1945

Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

8.2

A Place Close to Heaven

Aug 22, 1952

On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.

3.3

Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr

Sep 8, 1976

Anita Drögemöller has transformed herself from a small-time street prostitute into a luxury call girl. But one day she finds her former pimp dead in her apartment with a broken neck. Chief Inspector Langensiepen takes up the investigation and discovers an impenetrable web of sex, lies, raison d'état and murder.

5.7

Möbius

Feb 17, 2013

An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.

6.4

Good News

Nov 24, 1979

A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his frustrated wife at home. The monotonicity is disturbed when he is contacted by an old friend who confides in him he is being threatened by mysterious assassins.

5.8

Don't Talk

Feb 28, 1942

This Crime Does Not Pay series entry dramatizes the idea that during wartime, people should not discuss anything related to their work when in public. A casual remark can be overheard by an enemy agent and used to sabotage the war effort. In this short, the story involves shipments of parts to a defense plant.

5.0

Netherland Dwarf

Jun 15, 2008

Harry really wants a rabbit. Harry's Dad really wants his wife back. And somehow in the middle of all this wanting, they both seem to have forgotten that they already have each other.

3.8

Devil Pays Off

Nov 10, 1941

A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

0.0

Kristoffers hus

Sep 19, 1979

Kristoffer lives on the verge of poverty, just barely supporting himself on his photographic work and an allowance given him by his ex-wife to support their child. He is staying in his absentee mother's large old house, which she is preparing to sell. When he takes a photograph of a man who died by his own hand, the image fascinates him. He grows obsessed with the dead man's story and pushes his research as far as it will go.

5.0

Die Insel

Aug 29, 1934

A case of espionage in high society: To save the reputation of his county, a diplomat voluntarily takes his own life.

4.1

Provocateur

May 19, 1998

In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.

6.0

Beauty's Revenge

Sep 24, 1995

An obsessive small town beauty queen goes to great lengths to keep the love of her life from reconciling with his ex-girlfriend.

6.0

Assignment K

Feb 16, 1968

Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.

5.7

Paranoia

Aug 14, 2013

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price—he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

5.3

Shake Hands with Murder

Apr 22, 1944

A female bail-bond broker and her partner help an accused embezzler prove his innocence. Having the body of the embezzler's late business partner pop up doesn't help matters.

4.8

Once Upon a Spy

Sep 19, 1980

Computer genius and chess champion Ted Danson is lured into service by secret agent Eleanor Parker and becomes a reluctant hero thanks to a number of exploits with villainous Christopher Lee and his army of lethal blue-eyed blonde women.