The Roll-Call

The Roll-Call

Directed by Ryszard Czekała

Produced by Studio Miniatur Filmowych

19717 min5.5 / 10

A harrowing animated short depicting the dehumanizing brutality of a concentration camp roll call, where survival itself becomes an act of resistance.

A penal gymnastics session is underway during a roll call in a concentration camp. A brutal voice shouts furious commands: "nieder - auf!" (down – up!). One of the prisoners will not obey the commands, another one will almost survive

Questions people ask

  • Is The Roll-Call easy watching? No. Less comforting than 100% of films.

  • Is The Roll-Call scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is The Roll-Call sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Does The Roll-Call end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is The Roll-Call violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity90

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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