Franz + Polina

Franz + Polina

2006119 min4.6 / 10

A tragic wartime romance between a Nazi deserter and a Belarusian survivor, exploring love across the moral wreckage of WWII.

The movie tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina, a Belarusian woman whose village is razed and people massacred.

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