Call of the Toad


Call of the Toad is a film released in 2005 that tells the love story between a German man and a Polish woman who become caught up in the advent of modern capitalism in Poland. It is based on the novel The Call of the Toad written by Gnter Grass.

But they discover that displacement and war is not all they have in common. They have both been widowed and due of their upheaval they share the belief that survivors such as themselves should have the right to be returned home for burial.As their love affair grows, their ambitions become entwined. The pair establishes a Cemetery of Reconciliation to show that old hatreds are now dead. They form a company that arranges for survivors to be buried in their original country but as the money rolls in, their good intentions are corrupted. ........

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