Call of the Toad

Call of the Toad
Directed by Robert Gliński
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 Günter Grass)
Starring Matthias Habich, Krystyna Janda
Music by Richard G. Mitchell
Cinematography Jacek Petrycki
Edited by Krzysztof Szpetmanski
Release dates
 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. It is based on the novel The Call of the Toad written by Günter Grass.

Synopsis

In Gdańsk, Poland, in 1989, Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Piatkowska first meet on their way to a cemetery. Both are survivors from the end of World War II when many people from Poland and Germany were displaced as borders were re-drawn according to new treaties.

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.

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