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, Mr. Polsky (

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), who is convinced that his German neighbor, Mr. Herzog (

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), is

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. An

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of Israel, Poland and Colombia, the film premiered at the

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before being released in Israel on 26 January 2023.

Plot

In May 1960, Mr. Polsky, an elderly and grumpy Polish Jew and

, lives alone in the remote countryside of Colombia, spending his time gardening and playing chess. One day, shortly after the abduction of the Nazi criminal

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agents in Argentina, a mysterious old German man, Herzog, moves in next door. Polsky starts suspecting that the man is none other than

himself, believing that Hitler faked his own suicide, changed his appearance, and fled to South America. Despite nobody believing him, Polsky is determined to prove his view, so he decides to get closer to Herzog in order to gather evidence.

Cast

as Mr. Marek Polsky *

as Mr. Hermann Herzog *Olivia Silhavy as Frau Kaltenbrunner *Kineret Peled as intelligence officer

References

External links

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