Product Details

• Actors: Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Golinski, Anna Milewska
• Directors: Andrzej Zulawski
• Producers: The Third Part of the Night ( Trzecia czesc nocy ), The Third Part of the Night, Trzecia czesc nocy
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Second Run
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0017GMRU2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,426 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Polish ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Set during the occupation of Poland during World War II. Some Polish soldiers, slaughter a woman, her son and daughter-in-law. The husband and his father escape by being in the forest. The young man decides to join the resistance but at the first meeting Gestapo kills his go-between and chase him. During his escape he gets into an apartment of a pregnant woman and helps her with the childbirth. He works in the typhus center where he is guinea pig for lice after being immunized to make more vaccine. He goes to the hospital to end a misery of a man mistaken by him and tortured where he seems to see his own body and is finally reconciled with himself. ...The Third Part of the Night ( Trzecia czesc nocy )

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5.0 out of 5 stars Andrzej Zulawski is an atypical director that presents us with atypical stories, January 19, 2009

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Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Third Part of the Night ( Trzecia czesc nocy ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

The Third Part of the Night (Trzecia Czesc Nocy) is Andrzej Zulawski's first feature film. The story, partially based on the director's family history, takes place during World War II. War is a dangerous time when life can be taken away in an instant and all one worked to achieve can disappear in a moment.

Michal went with his family to the country so he could recover from an illness. Shortly after he started feeling better, his wife urged him to go for a walk with his father. On his return, he witnesses German soldiers murdering his mother, wife and child. Michal returns to the city and wants to help the resistance aggravate the Germans. On his first mission he inadvertently meets a woman he believes looks like his deceased wife. In a way, Michal is given a second chance as many details of his present life overlap his old one, albeit madness may be just a few steps away.

I think The Third Part of the Night has a Zulawski feel to it that, in part, can be described as being intense. The movie is intense in many ways -- from the story itself to the acting. The story occasionally has dialogue that is partially philosophical and nearly poetic that gives a layer of deeper meaning to its plot. Zulawski's films are also a bit different and The Third Part of the Night also fits this description.

Andrzej Zulawski is an atypical director that presents us with atypical stories. If you are already a fan of Zulawski or just want to check out his work, The Third Part of the Night is a great film to watch. In the years that followed this film, Zulawski refined his technique and his work only got more intense.