WILD, WILD EAST
[DZIKI, DZIKI WSCHÓD]
During the frigid winter of 1943, mysterious Nazi officer Martin Wolff (Itay Tiran) rides into the remote German-occupied Polish village of Zalesie Małe, tasked with a secret mission: investigate the disappearance of a lawyer who had ties to a stockpile of gold that belonged to a wealthy Jewish family. Wolff’s mere presence unnerves the destitute villagers (Johanna Kulig, COLD WAR; Robert Więckiewicz, WAŁĘSA: MAN OF HOPE, among others) and the Nazi authorities who have taken over the family’s abandoned farmstead. As rumors about Wolff’s mission and the gold fortune spread through the village, the betrayals of the past collide with the present, and the truth is unveiled — including the real purpose of Wolff’s mission. Polish director Jan Holoubek turns in a thrilling “Eastern western” that draws on genre cinema, echoing THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, while dealing with elements rooted in cold, hard history like the deceit and brutality prevalent in World War II. — Javier Chavez
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival. DIR/PROD Jan Holoubek; SCR Aleksandra Takuska; PROD Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Ewa Puszczyńska. Poland, 2026, color, 108 min. In German, Polish and Ukrainian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 108 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, December 11, 2026
Genre: Thriller
