''Doppelgänger'' (also known as ''Doppelgänger. The Double''; ) is a 2023 Polish
drama
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film directed by
Jan Holoubek
Jan Holoubek (born 4 March 1978) is a Polish director and cinematographer. He is best known for directing the Netflix series '' The Mire'', ''High Water'', and '' Heweliusz''. He also directed the 2020 drama film '' 25 Years of Innocence''.
Earl ...
. It premiered at the
Gdynia Film Festival
The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland.
It has taken place every ...
on 18 September 2023 and was released theatrically in Poland on 29 September 2023.
Premise
The film centers of the lives of two men living on opposite sides of the
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were countries connected to the So ...
. Jan Bitner is a Pole from
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
who participates in the fight for a
free Poland, while Hans Steiner lives a quiet life in
Strasbourg
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. Although they lead seemingly different lives, there is one detail that links them.
Cast
*
Jakub Gierszał as Józef Wieczorek/Hans Steiner
*
Tomasz Schuchardt
Tomasz Schuchardt (born 18 September 1986) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2007.
He received three Gdynia Film Festival Awards and nomination for Polish Academy Award for Best Actor for 2022 drama film, ''Chrzci ...
as Jan Bitner
*
Emily Kusche as Nina Steiner
* as Olga Bitner, Jan's wife
* as Helmut Steiner, Nina's father
*
Andrzej Seweryn
Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and Theatre director, director. Regarded as one of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France, and Germa ...
as Roman Wieczorek, Józef's father
*
Katarzyna Herman
Katarzyna Herman (born 13 August 1971) is a Polish actress, who appeared in more than 70 television and film productions.
Early life
Herman was born in Białystok and in 1994 graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramati ...
as the lead officer
* Jessica McIntyre as Marie Steiner, Nina's mother
*
Nathalie Richard
Nathalie Richard (born 6 January 1963) is a French actress.
Life and career
Richard was born in Paris, France. As a child, Nathalie Richard practised dance and ice-skating.Anne Diatkine« Nathalie Richard. La veilleuse de nuit » ''Libératio ...
as Helga Steiner, Hans's mother
* Maximilien Seweryn as Pierre
* as Elżbieta Wieczorek, Józef's mother
*
Krzysztof Dracz as the colonel
* Pierre Azema as Alfred Marne
Production
The film was shot in Gdańsk.
Accolades
References
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External links
*
Doppelgänger' on
IMDb
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2023 films
2023 drama films
2020s Polish-language films
Cold War films
Cold War spy films
Films produced by Anna Wasniewska-Gill
Films set in Gdańsk
Films set in Strasbourg
Polish drama films