Directed by:
Paweł PawlikowskiCinematography:
Łukasz ŻalCast:
Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar, Adam Woronowicz, Adam Ferency, Dražen Šivak, Slavko Sobin, Aloïse Sauvage (more)VOD (1)
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In the ruins of post-WWII Poland, pianist Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) is commissioned by the Soviet state to form a musical ensemble to help rekindle national pride. Whilst touring the villages in search of talent he meets the beautiful Zula (Joanna Kulig, in a luminous star-making turn), a fiery and charismatic singer with a past, and the two fall passionately in love. When a performance in Berlin offers the pair an opportunity for escape to the West, a last-minute decision finds them stranded on either side of the Iron Curtain. As the years march on, Wiktor and Zula - whether through political circumstance or personal impetuosity - struggle to find their moment in time... Spanning 15 years across Warsaw, Berlin, Paris and Yugoslavia, and inspired by the lives of the director’s own parents, Cold War meticulously recreates the era with virtuosic black-and-white cinematography, and an extraordinary soundtrack that is used judiciously to signify the passage of time and shifting relationships. Warmly lyrical, impossibly romantic and visually stunning, Cold War was one of the films of the year. (Palace Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 2019 - Best Foreign Language Film
- 2019 - Łukasz Żal (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Director)
- 2019 - Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2019 - Łukasz Żal (Best Cinematography)
- 2019 - Best Film not in the English Language
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2018 - Best International Independent Film
European Film Awards
- 2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Film)
- 2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Director)
- 2018 - Joanna Kulig (Best Actress)
- 2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Screenwriter)
- 2018 - Jarosław Kamiński (Best Editor)
- 2018 - Tomasz Kot (Best Actor)
César Awards
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Foreign Film)
Goya Awards
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best European Feature)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Non-English Language Film)
Polish Film Awards
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Film)
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Director)
- 2019 - Joanna Kulig (Best Actress)
- 2019 - Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Screenplay)
- 2019 - Łukasz Żal (Best Cinematography)
- 2019 - Jarosław Kamiński (Best Editing)
- 2019 - Maciej Pawłowski, Mirosław Makowski (Best Sound)
- 2019 - Tomasz Kot (Best Actor)
- 2019 - Borys Szyc (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2019 - Agata Kulesza (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2019 - Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński (Best Production Design)
- 2019 - Aleksandra Staszko (Best Costume Design)
- 2019 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Audience Award)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Foreign Film)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2019 - Best Foreign Language Film
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2018 - Best Foreign Language Film
- 2018 - Łukasz Żal (Best Cinematography)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2018 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Best Director)
- 2018 - Paweł Pawlikowski (Golden Palm - Official Competition)