Siberian Exile

(Syberiada Polska)

Siberian Exile is an epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews who are deported to Soviet Union in 1939. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who is transported to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Poland. Together with his companions, he starts the struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponents turn out to be merciless nature, terrible cold and deadly famine. Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will effect lives of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybk.

Director: Zaorski, Janusz

Screenplay: Michał Komar, Maciej Dutkiewicz

Cinematography: Andrzej Wolf

Music: Krzesimir Dębski

Film Editor: Milenia Fiedler

Principal Cast: Paweł Krucz, Marcin Walewski, Adam Woronowicz, Urszula Grabowska, Natalia Rybicka, Agnieszka Więdłocha, Jan Peszek, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Ewa Ampulska, Jan Krucz, Matylda Krajewska, Oskar Buler, Andrii Zhurba, Igor Gniezdilov, Dmytro Sova, Valeria Guliaeva, Aleksandr Kriżanowski, Anatolii Zinovenko

Runtime: 125 minutes

Release Year: 2013

Genre: Drama