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The Holocaust movie so brutal audiences walked out — are you brave enough?
Indie
TMDB
71
Rotten Tomatoes
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The Painted Bird (2019)

unflinching brutalityexistential nightmarevisual poetry

Overview

DramaThrillerWar

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

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Content warning
based on novel or bookpolandworld war iichild protagonistfairy talehistorical drama1940swar crimeschild abuseholocaust (shoah)+5 more

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Stunning 35mm black-and-white, every frame a painting.

Acting

Petr Kotlár's silent, devastating performance.

Direction

Marhoul's uncompromising 13-year labor of love.

Best for:Solo: You need emotional space to process this.·Theater: The black-and-white cinematography demands the big screen.
Heads up:Violence: Extreme violence against animals and children throughout.·Sexual Content: Graphic sexual violence including assault of a minor.
Václav Marhoul

Director

Václav Marhoul

ReleasedSep 12, 2019
Runtime2h 49m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Budget$7.8M·Revenue$659.5K
Česká televize
RTVS

Top Cast

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Miller

Michaela Doležalová

Michaela Doležalová

Miller's Wife

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Hans

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Priest

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Garbos

Lech Dyblik

Lech Dyblik

Lekh

Aleksei Kravchenko

Aleksei Kravchenko

Gavrila

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Mitka

Petr Vaněk

Petr Vaněk

Nikodém

Radim Fiala

Radim Fiala

Cossack

Jitka Čvančarová

Jitka Čvančarová

Ludmila

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Shot entirely in an invented Slavic dialect 'Interslavic' so no nation could claim it as their own trauma.

Cultural

The painted bird metaphor comes from ornithologists who paint birds to make their own flock kill them — the film asks who is truly monstrous.

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