The Noose

★★★★★

Original title: Petla

1957 · 1 h 36 min

Directed by Wojciech Has

Drama

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Cast

Gustaw Holoubek

Credits

Written by: Marek Hlasko

Plot

A man on a day of reckoning with alcohol.

Sinekatalog’s take

Wojciech Has's nightmarish drama follows an alcoholic through one day of hallucination and remorse in Warsaw. Gustaw Holoubek is outstanding in a stylised, feverish, and devastating study of addiction and despair.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (1,514 votes)
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