Der Kristallspiegel

In spring 1946, Warsaw historian Wojtek arrives in a Polish provincial town to study the Renaissance. He soon becomes entangled in the fierce postwar power struggle between the Soviet-backed People’s Government—nationalizing industry and land—and reactionary exiled forces waging “bandit terror,” from train robberies to political assassinations. As violence escalates, Wojtek shifts from observer to active defender of the new “people’s power.”

Director

Gerhard Respondek

Screenplay

Gerhard Respondek

Novela

Zbigniew Nienacki

Screenplay

Bernhard Thieme

Status

Released

Release date

08/12/1968

Original language

German