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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)86 minDrama, Mystery, Science FictionRating 58/100

Conjuring a claustrophobic vision of post-nuclear Poland, Piotr Szulkin lends his satirical eye to the weaponization of religion as a means of social control. A utilitarian triumph of ramshackle world-building, O-Bi, O-Ba is a hallucinatory examination of apocalyptic anxieties in the atomic age.

Cast: Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jędrusik, Mariusz Dmochowski, Marek Walczewski, Jan Nowicki, Henryk Bista

Director: Piotr Szulkin