The Third Part of the Night (1972)

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.

Director

Andrzej Żuławski

Writers

Mirosław Żuławski, Andrzej Żuławski

Themesdeath of familygerman occupationgestapopolandpregnant womanpsychological dramatyphusworld war ii