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The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)

Directed by Piotr Szulkin

Science Fiction

Overview

Poland, Christmastime. A band of hyperintelligent, bloodthirsty Martians take over the country and enlist hapless television newscaster Iron Ide as the voice of their propaganda machine. But when Iron dares to go off message, he makes an enemy even greater than the aliens—the state itself.

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Roman Wilhelmi | Krystyna Janda | Jerzy Stuhr | Stanisław Tym | Witold Pyrkosz | Zbigniew Buczkowski | Boguslaw Sobczuk | Mariusz Dmochowski | Marek Walczewski | Bożena Dykiel | Joanna Żółkowska | Wiesław Drzewicz | Stanisław Gawlik | Janusz Gajos | Juliusz Kalinowski | Józef Skrzek | Leonard Andrzejewski | Tomasz Jarosiński | Piotr Komorowski | Michał Leśniak | Czesław Majewski | Stanislaw Manturzewski | Borys Marynowski | Włodzimierz Musiał | Jacek Strzemzalski | Grzegorz Warchoł | Krzysztof Wróblewski | Marian Zdenicki | Teodor Gendera

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Trying to watch all the Piotr Szulkin films on MUBI before I cancel the service. Like the other two in this trilogy this has a Terry Gilliam vibe without the dark humor despite this movie also being a satire. I’m curious why these films haven’t been given the proper physical media treatment; cinephiles would eat these up.

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