Rent The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
3.6 of 5 from 53 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
- In a radical reworking of the H.G. Wells classic, 'War of the Worlds: Next Century', tells the story of Iron Idem (celebrated Polish actor Roman Wilhelmi), a television host, who finds himself contending with a Martian invasion, whose takeover involves collaborating with the state and manipulating the populace through a media apparatus made up entirely of fake news...Drawing as much on George Orwell and 1984 as on Wells' novel, Piotr Szulkin's prescient allegory of state and media control is a dark sci-fi that uses classic noir tropes to tell its sinister story.
- Actors:
- Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Marek Walczewski, Bozena Dykiel, Joanna Zólkowska, Wieslaw Drzewicz, Stanislaw Gawlik, Janusz Gajos, Juliusz Kalinowski, Stanislaw Tym, Zbigniew Buczkowski, Józef Skrzek, Leonard Andrzejewski, Grazyna Bernacka, Krzysztof Chojnacki, Tatiana Gora, Jan Iganski, Tomasz Jarosinski
- Directors:
- Piotr Szulkin
- Writers:
- Piotr Szulkin
- Aka:
- Wojna swiatów - nastepne stulecie
- Genres:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Poland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/12/2023
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- Polish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic - a documentary on War of the Worlds cinematographer Zygmunt Samosiuk and his work, featuring interviews with Szulkin and Andrzej Wajda among others (Adam Lewandowski, 2012, 30 mins)
- PRL - Polish Post-Apocalyptic Fables - A video essay by Dobrotka Wieckiewicz on how science fiction, surrealism and the grotesque was used to explore themes of consumerism, reification and alienation by Piotr Szulkin and others during the Polish People's Republic (2023, 6 mins)
- Labyrinth - Jan Lenica's award-winning short film about a flying man who visits an art nouveau metropolis (1963, 15 mins)
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