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The 25th Hour

La Vingt-cinquième Heure

1967 · 121 min · Drama

Based on true events, a Romanian peasant wrongly seized during World War II is swept helplessly across a collapsing Europe — from Nazi labor camps to Allied custody — for years, desperate only to return to his family. A sweeping tragicomic epic.

Runtime
121 min
Genre
Drama · War
Mood
tense · thoughtful · dark
Entry
some context
Best for
film history

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

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