Cold War
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
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Cast
12 people
Joanna Kulig
Zuzanna 'Zula' Lichoń
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Tomasz Kot
Wiktor Warski
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Borys Szyc
Lech Kaczmarek
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Agata Kulesza
Irena Bielecka
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Cédric Kahn
Michel
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Jeanne Balibar
Juliette
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Adam Woronowicz
Consul
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Adam Ferency
Minister
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Interrogation
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Adam Szyszkowski
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Known for
Ida
Avalon
Dražen Šivak
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Known for
Welcome to Sarajevo
Slavko Sobin
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KAOS
Aloïse Sauvage
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BPM (Beats per Minute)
Christmas Flow
Paweł Pawlikowski Director · Janusz Głowacki Screenplay Łukasz Żal Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $19M · Budget $5M · United States release March 22, 2019
Box office
Budget
$4,954,500
Worldwide gross
$18,754,051
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
Opus Film
Production
Apocalypso Pictures
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
BFI
Production
CANAL+ Polska
Production
EC1 Łódź
Production
Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury
Production
Silesia Film
Production
Kino Świat
Production
Wojewódzki Dom Kultury w Rzeszowie
Production
MK Productions
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Film4 Productions
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BFI Film Fund
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mk2 Films
Production
Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Production
Poland · United Kingdom · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Zimna wojna
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Croatian · French · German · Italian · Polish · Russian
Release dates
France · May 10, 2018
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Poland · June 8, 2018
Theatrical
United States · January 7, 2019
Physical
United States · March 22, 2019
Limited theatrical
United States
August 31, 2018 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
Australia
June 11, 2018 · Premiere · Sydney International Film Festival
October 24, 2018 · Theatrical
Austria
November 23, 2018 · Digital
Brazil
December 20, 2018 · Theatrical
Canada
June 8, 2018 · Limited theatrical
Denmark
December 13, 2018 · Theatrical
Finland
October 26, 2018 · Theatrical
France
October 24, 2018 · Theatrical
March 5, 2019 · Digital · VOD
March 5, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
October 26, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
April 11, 2019 · Physical
Greece
October 25, 2018 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 18, 2019 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 10, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 15, 2018 · Digital
Israel
January 10, 2019 · Theatrical
Italy
December 20, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
June 28, 2019 · Digital
Lithuania
November 8, 2018 · Limited theatrical · European Film Forum Scanorama
Mexico
October 3, 2019 · Digital · Casa CANÍBAL
Netherlands
December 6, 2018 · Theatrical
March 8, 2019 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Norway
June 8, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
October 18, 2018 · Physical · Blu-ray and DVD
November 19, 2018 · Digital
August 1, 2026 · Digital · SkyShowtime
Portugal
September 20, 2018
Russia
November 15, 2018 · Theatrical
Slovakia
October 4, 2018 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 11, 2018 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
February 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
October 5, 2018 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 2, 2018 · Digital
Türkiye
October 6, 2018 · Premiere · Filmekimi Film Festival
December 21, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 31, 2018 · Theatrical
January 7, 2019 · Physical
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