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All movies seen on 11/19/2022

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Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)

Directed by Janusz Majewski

Horror | Mystery

Overview

A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area’s pagan past still have a hold on the population.

Length 100 minutes

Actors

Józef Duriasz | Edmund Fetting | Gustaw Lutkiewicz | Malgorzata Braunek | Zofia Mrozowska | Hanna Stankówna | Władysław Dewoyno | Witold Holtz | Irena Horecka | Andrzej Hrydzewicz | Anna Jaraczówna | Andrzej Krasicki | Jadwiga Kuryluk | E. Kuźniar | Wiesława Kwaśniewska | Witold Lisowski | Wiesława Mazurkiewicz | Stanisław Milski | Adam Mularczyk | Tadeusz Ordeyg | Józef Pieracki | Ryszard Pietruski | Andrzej Rausz | Józef Rosinski | Andrzej Szafranek | Danuta Wodyńska | Paweł Unrug | Witold Zarychta | Bogusz Bilewski | Wacław Kowalski | Andrzej Zaorski | Jan Englert

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Another Polish film (this time set in Lithuania) that seems to be a political critique of the former era’s aristocracy while at the same time turning into a nice bit of folk horror that gets by with implication and suggestion rather than outright portraying the creature. This sets it apart from SHE-WOLF.

Hard to tell for sure, but both this and SHE-WOLF seem to feature actual animal cruelty as well. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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