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The Call of the Toad is a film of genre Drama directed by Robert Gliński with Krystyna Janda

The Call of the Toad (2005)

The Call of the Toad
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Length 1h38
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Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating58% 2.9033252.9033252.9033252.9033252.903325

Call of the Toad is a film released in ' written by Günter Grass.

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In Gdańsk, Poland, in 1989, Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Piatkowska first meet on their way to a cemetery. Both are survivors from the end of World War II when many people from Poland and Germany were displaced as borders were re-drawn according to new treaties.

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