Hatred

"Murder of the Innocent"

2016 2h 30m PL

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Synopsis

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Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.

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Cast

Michalina Łabacz
Zosia Głowacka
Arkadiusz Jakubik
Maciej Skiba
Adrian Zaremba
Antek Wilk
Lech Dyblik
Hawryluk
Dorota Liliental
School Teacher
Jacek Braciak
Głowacki
Izabela Kuna
Głowacka
Andrzej Popiel
Romek Głowacki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wojtek Smarzowski
Writers: Wojtek Smarzowski
Languages: German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish
Countries: Poland

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski, shot by Piotr Sobociński Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Michalina Łabacz and Arkadiusz Jakubik and Adrian Zaremba carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Murder of the Innocent".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wojtek Smarzowski directs. Piotr Sobociński Jr. behind the camera. Mikołaj Trzaska scores. Paweł Laskowski cuts. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 5 languages: German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish.
4Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski, shot by Piotr Sobociński Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mikołaj Trzaska. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Paweł Laskowski shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Michalina Łabacz and Arkadiusz Jakubik and Adrian Zaremba carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Murder of the Innocent".
9IMDB entry: tt6068960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Original score: Mikołaj Trzaska
Editing: Paweł Laskowski
Production design: Marek Zawierucha
Costume design: Agata Drozdowska
Stunt coordinator: Maciej A. Maciejewski
Runtime: 150 min · 2h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: PL
Certification (US): 16
IMDB: Hatred (2016)

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Felicity2025-06-24
★ 10/10
This movie depicts what happens when we "other" our fellow human beings to the point of insanity setting in. It starts out nicely, with the celebration of a wedding, a festivity which involves the whole town, both Polish and Ukrainian families, in the late spring of 1939. But there is an undercurrent of ugliness circulating in the midst of the merriment. I had no idea the depths to which things would fall. For this is part of WWII-era history I never knew before today. How does someone live amongst people, intermarry, work side by side, share food and laughter -- but all the while have bitterness in their hearts towards those same people because of a belief that one's own life is miserable because of THOSE people? The movie needs to be watched very carefully as there is important foreshadowing that I missed on the first viewing. Hate is a sickness, the ultimate madness, a form of self-hatred. As we've seen throughout history, it can destroy everything around it. And in the next cycle, alliances shift and there is someone new to hate. Madness. Edited to add: After a third watch, I must remark on the good people. The helpers. Not very many but I hope the real-life helpers all died with a clear conscience, knowing they helped when they could.

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