A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.
Acting
Fry's Polish accent commits so hard it circles back to genius.
Writing
Daughter translating trauma while dad deflects with snacks.
Director
Julia von Heinz
Lena Dunham
Ruth
Stephen Fry
Edek
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Stefan
Iwona Bielska
Zofia
Maria Mamona
Karolina
Wenanty Nosul
Antoni
Klara Bielawka
Irena Ulicz
Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska
Zuzanna Ulicz
Tomasz Włosok
Tadeusz
Sandra Drzymalska
Anna
Sławomira Łozińska
Gosia
Robert Besta
Hotel Manager
Karolina Kominek
Female Vendor
Magdalena Smalara
Receptionist Hotel Warsaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Lily Brett's novel 'Too Many Men', itself inspired by her own father's Auschwitz survival. The film shot in actual Polish locations including Łódź.
Lena Dunham's casting sparked debate—some saw it as nepotism of suffering, others as deliberate unease. Her performance IS the discomfort.
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