Lava
1989, Polish. Directed by Tadeusz Konwicki.
Our nation - like lava, hard and nasty, dry and cold above, but there's an inner fire which keeps it's heat for centuries...
On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Polish
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Cast & crew
- Tadeusz KonwickiDirector
- Gustaw HoloubekHermit-Gustaw / Ghost / Gustaw-Konrad / Poet
- Jolanta Piętek-GóreckaMaryla / Gustaw's Love / Girl / Virgin / Angel / Woman
- Artur ŻmijewskiGustaw-Konrad
- Teresa Budzisz-KrzyżanowskaMrs. Rollison
- Maja KomorowskaSorcerer
- Grażyna SzapołowskaGuardian Angel / Archangel
- Henryk BistaSenator
- Piotr FronczewskiSobolewski
- Tadeusz ŁomnickiPriest / Man
- Janusz MichałowskiFather Piotr
- Jan NowickiGhost / Belzebub
- Arunas SmailysAdolf
Details
- Released
- 6 November 1989
- Original title
- Lawa: Opowieść o "Dziadach" Adama Mickiewicza
- Country
- Poland
- Written by
- Tadeusz Konwicki
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Lava runs 129 minutes (2h 9m).
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Lava isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 November 1989. (Checked 30 October 2026.)
What movies are like Lava?
If you liked Lava, try Munich - The Edge of War, Radium Girls, Broad Peak.
Who directed Lava?
Lava (1989) was directed by Tadeusz Konwicki and stars Gustaw Holoubek, Jolanta Piętek-Górecka, Artur Żmijewski.