Yuma

It’s the beginning of the 1990s but the situation along the Polish-German border hasn’t much changed since the fall of the Iron Curtain. So 20-year-old Zyga and his friends decide to brighten up life in their sleepy, gray town by bettering themselves and their fellow citizens.

Yuma
Poland, Czechia 2012
  • Czech
105 min.
12+
  • This film is available until 31. 7. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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It’s the beginning of the 1990s but the situation along the Polish-German border hasn’t much changed since the fall of the Iron Curtain. Twenty-year-old Zyga (the talented Jakub Gierszał) is tired of looking at the latest fashions and Western conveniences in glossy magazines. He and his friends decide to brighten up life in their sleepy, gray town by bettering themselves and their fellow citizens. Overflowing with goods, West German stores are just a tad too tempting for the young men. Piotr Mularuk’s impres­sive, action-packed drama drew inspiration from the situation (and the Polish news headlines that accompanied it) that unfolded on the Polish-German border following the breakup of the Soviet bloc. The debuting director adroitly weaves Western motifs into the film, referencing, among others, Delmer Daves’ renowned 1957 movie 3:10 to Yuma, which Zyga dreamily watches in the half-empty local theater.

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Credits
Director: Piotr Mularuk
Screenplay: Piotr Mularuk, Wojciech Gajewicz
Cinematography: Tomasz Dobrowolski
Music: Jan P. Muchow
Sound: Petr Kapeller, Igor Pokorný, Marek Poledna
Editing: Agnieszka Glińska
Production Design: Aneta Suskiewicz
Producer: Piotr Mularuk, Magdalena Napieracz, Pavel Berčík
Costumes: Magdalena Rutkiewicz, Emilia Skalska
Cast: Jakub Gierszał, Jakub Kamieński, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Katarzyna Figura, Helena Sujecka, Karolina Chapko, Tomasz Kot, Tomasz Schuchardt
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  • This film is available until 31. 7. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.