Summer of 1945. A temporary orphanage is established in an abandoned palace surrounded by forests for the eight children liberated from the Gross-Rosen camp. Hanka, also a former inmate, becomes their guardian. After the atrocities of the camp, the protagonists slowly begin to regain what is left of their childhood but the horror returns quickly. Camp Alsatians roam the forests around. Released by the SS earlier on, they have gone feral and are starving. Looking for food they besiege the palace. The children are terrified and their camp survival instinct is triggered.
Nicolas Przygoda
as Janek
Kamil Polnisiak
as Władek
Sonia Mietielica
as Hanka
Werner Daehn
as SS Man
Danuta Stenka
as Jadwiga
Jakub Syska
as Siwi
Helena Mazur
as Ruda
Krzysztof Durski
as Czarny
Maksymilian Balcerowski
as Chudy
Julia Ślusarczyk
as Duża
Stephen Campbell
**_A World War II political allegory/fairy tale/coming of age drama wrapped up in a horror aesthetic that works exceptionally well_** >_Everything that was not connected with the immediate task of keeping oneself and one's closest friends alive lost its value. Everything was sacrificed to this en...
SWITCH.
A lot of care and craftsmanship have gone into Adrian Panek’s film, instead of merely taking a gruesome premise and throwing it to the wolves. Combining wartime drama and survival horror, ‘Werewolf’ is a thoughtfully understated and quietly powerful film. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... ...
CinemaSerf
If ever a film demonstrated man's inhumanity to man, this has to be up there. Here we have a few half starved kids so terrified of their Nazi guards that they perform automatic, humiliating tasks just to get through each day. You get the distinct impression that they have never known any other kind ...