Stones for the Rampart

"Friendship. Courage. Freedom."

2014 1h 51m PL

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 89

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Synopsis

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To be defeated and not be - a victory. This is the motto that life is guided by three young friends: Alek, Sophy and Rudy. Scouts, high school graduates high school in Warsaw drifting ambitious plans for the future broken through September 1939. Entering adulthood in a very dramatic times, which puts them a choice - to survive at any cost, or to join the fighting for a free homeland, risking everything. The boys brought up in patriotic homes, shaped by the ideals of scouting, they decide to fight. They become soldiers, and although every scrape with death, they can live a full life.

“Friendship. Courage. Freedom.”

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Cast

Tomasz Ziętek
Jan Bytnar "Rudy"
Marcel Sabat
Tadeusz Zawadzki "Zośka"
Kamil Szeptycki
Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski "Alek"
Magdalena Koleśnik
Monia
Sandra Staniszewska
Hala Glińska
Wojciech Zieliński
Stanislaw Broniewski 'Stefan Orsza'
Andrzej Chyra
major Jan Kiwerski "Dyrektor"
Danuta Stenka
Zdzisława Bytnarowa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Gliński
Writers: Dominik Wieczorkowski-Rettinger, Wojciech Pałys
Languages: German, Polish
Countries: Poland

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Polish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Gliński, shot by Paweł Edelman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Łukasz Targosz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Krzysztof Szpetmański shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Tomasz Ziętek and Marcel Sabat and Kamil Szeptycki carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Friendship. Courage. Freedom.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3470928 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Gliński directs. Paweł Edelman behind the camera. Łukasz Targosz scores. Krzysztof Szpetmański cuts. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in German, Polish.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Polish.
3Directed by Robert Gliński, shot by Paweł Edelman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Łukasz Targosz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Krzysztof Szpetmański shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tomasz Ziętek and Marcel Sabat and Kamil Szeptycki carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Friendship. Courage. Freedom.".
8IMDB entry: tt3470928 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 89 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.