Medium

When i read three summary I was intrigued. I am glad I gave this movie a chance, it is the only good polish horror I know. The acting is good, except the archivist who's great. The plot is intriguing, the setting is underused, it have the excorsist and lovecraftian vibes. The ending is far from being obvious or predictable. And some shots are exceptional. They look way ahead of thier times, more similar to conjuring then anything else. Only reason I don't give the movie 10 is the sound mix quality. It is mediocre. It didn't detracted me from enjoying the movie but it might be a deal breaker for some. If that bothers you and you intrested in occult, whodunnit, thrillers, or love craft, definetly give it a go

It's one of the first Polish films that is fully devoted to occult and parapsychology. It's pretty difficult in reception and it's definitely one of these forgotten movies. Action takes place in Sopot, where Wagner is some kind of fortuneteller and his sister is a medium. They detect the presence of a few people which are guided by insanely powerful medium. Those people meet in Sopot (where there is famous Polish pier shown later) but while controlled they are unaware what they did or what they were doing in that location. Later, an investigation carried out by detective and his deputy that sworn his loyalty to Nazis, results in conclusion that this is repetition of a cycle in which... The movie is accompanied by excellent music which enhances the atmosphere of the mystery. Interestingly, casual dialogues are without any background music. In addition to that we got some historical background when Hitler started to rule in Germany along with the party of the Nazis (NSDAP). To summarize, we receive a very original Polish production, however it will be difficult to examine for those who don't like movies concerning psychological things rather than gore and action. A must see for Polish horror lovers and mystery films.

It made it on Netflix so I had to give it a try. I lasted about 15 minutes before bailing out on this one. Constant background theme similar to Dark Shadows plays throughout all scenes (drove me nuts). Terrible dated film. If you have it in you to watch it all the way through then maybe there will be a big happy surprise for you at the end, ...but good luck getting there - not me though. One star - only because they don't have a selection for zero-stars. Dont waste your time.

Medium (1985): The Free City of Danzig (Gdansk), 1933, shortly after the Nazis have won control of the city government. An eager young Nazi Detective Sergeant is intent on replacing his DI. The DI is a tad disheveled and has taken to sleeping on the beach, drinking too much and having memory lapses. That's the most mundane thing in this film though. A powerful Medium (Mage) is performing a Ritual, bringing people together to reenact events which occurred in the past. A dark film but not all of the darkness comes from the Occult elements, the Nazis are consolidating power and their Brownshirts control the streets. Some gruesome scenes and plenty of psychological horror as the Inspector, with the assistance of lesser psychics, attempts to comprehend the mysterious events which are taking place. Writer/Director Jacek Koprowicz delivers a worthy addition to the Polish Horror Film Canon. On Netflix. 8/10.

Very good horror film from Poland which is quite surprising for one purpose: polish horror movies aren't good. But this one is really an exception. There is good, interesting plot which contains mystery and some occult ingredients. Also inspiring is where the action took place: Sopot City in the early 1930's, right after the Nazis started to rule in Germany. There is good acting, specially the performances by Jerzy Stuhr, Grazyna Szapolowska, Michal Bajor and Wladyslaw Kowalski. Those talented actors took part in probably one of the best polish films of the decade. It's a shame there are no other as good examples of polish entertaining cinema, with exciting idea for an action and with directors like Koprowicz who had a great vision.