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This genre-defying horror-musical mash-up—the bold debut of Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska—follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczyńska’s imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid,” in which the girls’ bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister falls for a human. A coming-of-age fairy tale with a catchy synth-fueled soundtrack, outrageous song-and-dance numbers, and lavishly grimy sets, The Lure explores its themes of emerging female sexuality, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality.
Original Release
12/25/2015
US Release
02/01/2017
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Marta Mazurek | Srebrna / Silver |
Michalina Olszańska | Zlota / Golden |
Kinga Preis | Wokalistka Krysia / Krysia |
Andrzej Konopka | Perkusista / Drummer |
Jakub Gierszal | Mietek |
Zygmunt Malanowicz | Kierownik sali / House Manager |
Magdalena Cielecka | Boskie Futro / Divine Furs |
Katarzyna Herman | Milicjantka / Militia Lieutenant |
Joanna Niemirska | Nerka |
Katarzyna Sawczuk | Nancy |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Marta Mazurek | Srebrna / Silver |
Michalina Olszańska | Zlota / Golden |
Kinga Preis | Wokalistka Krysia / Krysia |
Andrzej Konopka | Perkusista / Drummer |
Jakub Gierszal | Mietek |
Zygmunt Malanowicz | Kierownik sali / House Manager |
Magdalena Cielecka | Boskie Futro / Divine Furs |
Katarzyna Herman | Milicjantka / Militia Lieutenant |
Joanna Niemirska | Nerka |
Katarzyna Sawczuk | Nancy |
Roma Gasiorowska | Rakieta |
Grzegorz Stelmaszewski | Bramkarz |
Janina Wronska | Barmanka Janka / Barmaid Janka |
Krzysztof Chmielewski | Aparat |
Piotr Skiba | Delfin |
Marta Malikowska | Lusia |
Zbigniew Buczkowski | Dyrektor estrady / Stage director |
Iwona Bielska | Rajstopa |
Dariusz Wnuk | Niemiec / German |
Józef Mika | Niemiec / German |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Agnieszka Bedkowska | Producer |
Tomasz Czajkowski | Producer |
Wlodzimierz Niderhaus | Producer |
Jaroslaw Sawko | Producer |
Piotr Sikora | Producer |
Piotr Sobkowicz | Producer |