# Black & white Polish movie set in a rural castle before and during World War II **URL:** \ **Category:** Movies\ **Created:** [February 24, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090 "2025-02-24T07:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![celebes.warty.pig](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@celebes.warty.pig](https://filmfind.me/u/celebes.warty.pig)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/1 "2025-02-24T07:59:32Z")
Genre: Drama, art-film? Release date: Maybe 1950-1980. _ **UPDATE** _ The lone-man-among-many-woman element of the story is not the main focus of the movie, it’s mostly in the second half. But that’s what they remember. At the end, the old man lets out a number of inflated balloons from a window of the castle and they might have contained some semen. (Now that I’m relaying it, it sounds more like used condoms but they definitely said “ballons”.) _ **UPDATE** _ The castle might have functioned as a hotel of sorts. The whole movie is set in and around the castle, it doesn’t feature ANY fighting. The story takes place in the span of a few months, starting in the summer and concluding in September. * * * A young guy is lying in bed and a maid brings him food. Eventually she undresses (no visible nudity) and climbs into the bed with him. A few moments later, the father of the guy opens the door and he’s suprised by what he sees and he promptly leaves. He later advises his son to lock the door next time. The maid gets fired. Then the news arrive that the Germans have invaded Poland. Every man is conscripted into the army but the young guy evades it somehow. He and another man who is too old to be a soldier, becomes the focus of all the women in the castle. They’re not the only men around but the story focuses on these two characters. The remaining female servants and maybe even the female guests (?) eventually want to get laid with the young guy and many do. No actual nudity. There’s a girl who is in love with the young guy but it’s unrequited. * * * It’s not: Eroica (1958). Gdzie jest generał… (1963). How I Unleashed World War II (Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową, 1969). Rzeczpospolita babska (1969). Zwariowana noc (1969). Dzień oczyszczenia (1970). Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále (2006). ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/2 "2025-02-24T10:54:02Z")
It contains soft female nudity, but it isn’t connected with Second World War. > **[The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) ⭐ 7.7 | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059643/)** > > 3h 2m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/3 "2025-02-24T11:07:59Z")
So maybe “Misja specjalna”. I didn’t watch, but it is from 1988 and it is some similar. Naked scenes (even “soft”) were very rare in old Polish movies. > **[Misja specjalna (1987) ⭐ 4.7 | Comedy, Musical, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093547/?ref_=tt_mv_close)** > > 1h 37m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/4 "2025-02-24T12:04:20Z")
Maybe ? > **[Samson (1961) ⭐ 6.3 | Drama, Romance, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055401/?ref_=sr_i_6)** > > 1h 57m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/5 "2025-02-24T12:05:13Z")
A long shot, but maybe? > **[Zosya (1967) ⭐ 7.2 | Drama, Romance, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131659/?ref_=sr_i_9)** > > 1h 8m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/6 "2025-02-24T12:54:26Z")
Other wild guess: > **[A Matter of Resistance (1966) ⭐ 6.8 | Comedy, Drama, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059872/?ref_=tturv_ov)** > > 1h 33m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/7 "2025-02-24T18:29:02Z")
“Zamek w Szwecji” (1993) ? > **[FilmPolski.pl](https://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=521564)** > > Baza filmu polskiego ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/8 "2025-02-24T19:30:32Z")
> **[Don Gabriel (1966) ⭐ 6.2 | Comedy, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060327/)** > > 1h 32m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/9 "2025-02-24T19:32:34Z")
And my last idea: > **[Giuseppe w Warszawie (1964) ⭐ 7.0 | Comedy, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058143/?ref_=ttkw_ov)** > > 1h 39m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/10 "2025-02-25T09:49:02Z")
Female user Pola from Polish FB group gave me a title - “Pożegnania” (1958) - English title “Lydia Ate the Apple”: > **[Lydia Ate the Apple (1958) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama, Romance](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052083/?ref_=ttrel_ov)** > > 1h 37m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:22am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/11 "2025-02-26T07:22:00Z")
> **[Dancing w kwaterze Hitlera (1968) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062858/?ref_=ttpl_ov)** > > 1h 38m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/12 "2025-02-26T07:25:56Z")
> **[All Soul's Day (1961) ⭐ 6.3 | Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056713/?ref_=sr_t_118)** > > 1h 33m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/13 "2025-02-26T07:27:59Z")
> **[Border Street (1948) ⭐ 7.2 | Drama, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041999/?ref_=tt_mlt_i_7)** > > 1h 50m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/14 "2025-02-26T11:50:43Z")
And maybe “Castle Keep” (1969) ? > **[Castle Keep (1969) ⭐ 6.1 | Action, Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064137/)** > > 1h 47m | R ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/15 "2025-02-26T18:58:49Z")
Next wild guess: > **[När millionerna rullar... (1924) ⭐ 5.3 | Adventure, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015185/)** > > 1h 39m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/16 "2025-02-27T13:29:50Z")
My next desperate attempt to find 😃 dbdumonteil wrote in Mar 2, 2008: > “Menaces” deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel:the fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.The Munich agreement, Poland invasion,Danzig ,and the calling up provide a good background.Erich Von Stroheim is the stand out;wearing a mask which covers the half of his face ,he “represents” peace and war .He has the best lines of the dialog"Now it’s time to show my “War side” ,he says,removing his mask.He portrays an Austrian doctor who was wounded in WW1 and he knows that if war breaks out again,he will become the enemy .His character will remind the viewer of his part in “Les Disparus de Saint-Agil” by Christian-Jaque where he played a German teacher,kept in the background by his colleagues .It’s extraordinary that almost all of Stroheim’s French parts of the thirties and the forties -with few exceptions such as “La Grande Illusion” - were demeaning ones,predating that of “Sunset boulevard” .(see also “La Foire Aux Chimères” and “Portrait D’un Assassin”)" > **[Menaces... (1940) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204481/?ref_=tturv_ov)** > > 1h 35m ---
**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/17 "2025-02-27T16:06:01Z")
> **[Hotel Sahara (1951) ⭐ 6.2 | Comedy, Romance, War](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043658/?ref_=sr_t_38)** > > 1h 36m | Not Rated ---
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> **[The Colditz Story (1955)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-colditz-story/)** > > Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Honey](https://filmfind.me/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/black-white-polish-movie-set-in-a-rural-castle-before-and-during-world-war-ii/9090/20 "2025-02-28T13:37:24Z")
> **[The Great Way (1947)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-great-way/)** > > A pair of Poles deported to Siberia are taken to the army formed by General Anders and along the battle trail. > **[The Dybbuk (1937)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-dybbuk/)** > > In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in... > **[Republika nadziei (1988) ⭐ 6.0 | Drama, History](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0091842/)** > > 2h 36m > **[Hotel Pacific (1975)](https://letterboxd.com/film/hotel-pacific/)** > > Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell. ---
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> **[Idiot's Delight (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot%27s_Delight_(film))** > > Idiot's Delight is a 1939 MGM comedy drama with a screenplay adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same name. The production reunited director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable and Norma Shearer eight years after they worked together on A Free Soul. The play takes place in a hotel in the Italian Alps during 24 hours at the beginning of a world war. The film begins with the backstory of the two leads and transfers the later action to a fictitious Alpine count... > **[The Rules of the Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rules_of_the_Game)** > > The Rules of the Game (French: La règle du jeu) is a 1939 French satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The ensemble cast includes Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier and Renoir. > Renoir's portrayal of the wise, mournful Octave anchors the fatalistic mood of this pensive comedy of manners. The film depicts members of upper-class French society and their servants just before the beginning of World W... > **[The White Ribbon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Ribbon)** > > The White Ribbon (German: Das Weiße Band - Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte, lit. 'The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story') is a 2009 German mystery drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke. Released in black-and-white, the film offers a dark depiction of society and family in a northern German village just before World War I. According to Haneke, The White Ribbon "is about the roots of evil. Whether it's religious or political terrorism, it's the same thing." > The film premiered a... > **[La Grande Illusion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande_Illusion)** > > La Grande Illusion (French for "The Grand Illusion") is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak. The story concerns class relationships among a small group of French officers who are German prisoners of war during World War I and are plotting an escape. > The title of the film comes from the 1909 book The Great Illusion by British journalist Norman Angell, which argued that war is futile because of the common economic interests of all... > **[The Women (1939 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women_(1939_film))** > > The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released. > The film stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Mary Boland, Florence Nash, and Virginia Grey. Marjorie Main and Phyllis Povah also appear, reprisin... > **[The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discreet_Charm_of_the_Bourgeoisie)** > > The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (French: Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist satirical dark comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel, who wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière. The narrative concerns a group of French bourgeoisie and the fictional South American country of Miranda's ambassador to France attempting—despite continual interruptions—to dine together. The film stars Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane