Franz + Polina

Franz + Polina
Film poster
Directed byMikhail Segal
Written byAles Adamovich
Produced byOleg Urushev
StarringAdrian Topol
Svetlana Ivanova
CinematographyMaksim Trapo
Edited byRinat Khalilullin
Music byAndjei Petras
Release date
  • 10 November 2006 (2006-11-10) (U.S.)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesBelarusian
Russian
German

Franz + Polina is a 2006 Russian war romance film set in 1943 in occupied Belarus. It tells the story of Franz, a Waffen-SS soldier who deserts, and Polina, a Belarusian woman whose village is razed and people massacred.

The film received several accolades, including the 2007 FIPA D'Or Grand Prize.