Werewolf
HorrorWar
6.3/10
|PL
|pl
|88 min
Release Date: 2019-03-29
Overview - Summer of 1945. A temporary orphanage is established in an abandoned palace surrounded by forests for the eight children liberated from the Gross-Rosen camp. Hanka, also a former inmate, becomes their guardian. After the atrocities of the camp, the protagonists slowly begin to regain what is left of their childhood but the horror returns quickly. Camp Alsatians roam the forests around. Released by the SS earlier on, they have gone feral and are starving. Looking for food they besiege the palace. The children are terrified and their camp survival instinct is triggered.
Production Companies
BalapolisTelewizja PolskaRomina Di Lella & Rosco PolskaTwenty Twenty Vision FilmproduktionHouse of Netherhorror
User Reviews
Stephen Campbell
8/10
**_A World War II political allegory/fairy tale/coming of age drama wrapped up in a horror aesthetic that works exceptionally well_** >_Everything that was not connected with the immediate task of keeping oneself and one's closest friends alive lost its value. Everything was sacrificed to this end. A man's character became involved to the point that he was caught in a mental turmoil which threa...
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SWITCH.
6/10
A lot of care and craftsmanship have gone into Adrian Panek’s film, instead of merely taking a gruesome premise and throwing it to the wolves. Combining wartime drama and survival horror, ‘Werewolf’ is a thoughtfully understated and quietly powerful film. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-werewolf-struggling-for-survival-in-post-war-poland
