

Cold War
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
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7.4/10
1,641 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $18.8M
- Language
- German
- berlin, germany
- paris, france
- cold war
- love
- tragic love
- black and white
- 1950s
- 1960s
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Director
Produced in
Poland, United Kingdom, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRTelluride Film Festival31 Aug 2018
- PhysicalR7 Jan 2019
- Theatrical (limited)R22 Mar 2019
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1531 Aug 2018
- Physical157 Jan 2019
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMSydney International Film Festival11 Jun 2018
- TheatricalM24 Oct 2018
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)14A8 Jun 2018
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT1223 Nov 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1420 Dec 2018
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1113 Dec 2018
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1226 Oct 2018
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival10 May 2018
- TheatricalU24 Oct 2018
- Digital / OTTVOD5 Mar 2019
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray5 Mar 2019
- Digital / OTT12Prime Video26 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Physical1211 Apr 2019
GreeceGR
- Theatrical25 Oct 2018
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIB18 Apr 2019
Frequently asked questions
Cold War was released on 8 June 2018.
Audience reviews
3- S6/10
Stephen Campbell
5/17/2019
**_Aesthetically perfect, narratively frustrating_** >_It's very much to do with my parents - the world they lived in that kind of shaped them, tripped them up. But it's also about two people who are very strong individuals, and very attractive. My father was an old-fashioned guy who said a woman has to fit in, and my mother just didn't at all. Their story had betrayal, and separations, getting together again, hav…
- G10/10
GenevieveChenneour
6/22/2025
The film that made me fall in love with cinema. And later become and actor! Every frame aches. Every glance is a trapdoor. Cold War is a masterclass in restraint - two souls orbiting each other through music, war, and impossible borders. Love doesn’t always survive history. Sometimes, it is history.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/19/2026
With the Second World War barely behind them, musical maestro “Wiktor” (Tomasz Kot) is on the lookout for some new talent to front his Polish folk outfit. Touring the still devastated and recovering rural communities of his country with producer “Irena” (Agata Kukesza), they aren’t really having much luck. Returning to set up a music school with apparatchik “Kaczmarek” (Borys Szyc) he espies “Zula” (Joanna Kulig). Sh…
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