That said, there was nothing overwhelmingly great about this film either. Its basically a story about three friends: one Polish, one German, and one Jewish, who are building a factory and experience trials and tribulations along the way. The Poles certainly appear to lack the grace of more westerly continentals, both in costume and appearance. There is plenty of long dramatic dialogue broken by a few brief kinky naked scenes (...).
I watched this shortly after seeing Schindler's List, and I found it quite interesting in that it has a number of Jewish characters and we get a glimpse of how they existed in Polish society before the terrible events which later occurred. The scenes of cobblestone streets and horse drawn carriages also evoked a wonderful mood of nineteenth century life. I think this film would be worth watching to someone with an interest in Poland or anyone who just wants to expand their horizons a bit. Don't go out of your way to see it, but you could do a lot worse.
