| Call of the Toad | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Glinski |
| Produced by | Regina Ziegler, Elke Ried, Ursual Vossen, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Henryk Romanowski |
| Written by | Klaus Richter, Pawel Huelle and Cezary Harasimowicz (based on the book by Gunter Grass) |
| Starring | Matthias Habich, Krystyna Janda, Dorothea Walda, Udo Samel, Bhasker Patel |
| Music by | Richard G. Mitchell |
| Cinematography | Jacek Petrycki |
| Editing by | Krzysztof Szpetmanski |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | German, Polish |
| Language | German, Polish, English |
Call of the Toad is a film released in 2005 that tells the love story between a German man and a Polish woman who become caught up in the advent of modern capitalism in Poland.
In Gdansk, Poland, in 1989, Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Piatkowska first meet on their way to a cemetery. Both are survivors from the end of WWII when many people from Poland and Germany were displaced as borders were re-drawn according to the ideas of politicians.
But they discover that displacement and war is not all they have in common. They have both been widowed and due of their upheaval - they share the belief that survivors such as themselves should have the right to be returned home for burial.
As their love affair grows, their ambitions become entwined. The pair establishes a Cemetery of Reconciliation to show that old hatreds are now dead. They form a company that arranges for survivors to be buried in their original country but as the money rolls in, their good intentions are corrupted.