Gorky Resort () is a 2026 feature film directed by à Âukasz Palkowski, a co-production of Poland, Ireland, Ukraine and Cyprus. The distributor describes the film as a historical thriller, and some press announcements present it as a production in a âÂÂwartime noirâ aesthetic. The theatrical premiere in Poland was on 27 February 2026.
The screenplay for the film grew out of an earlier text under the working title by Dà ¼amila Ankiewicz and Robert Glià Âski, based on their short stories; the printing of excerpts was to appear in the monthly magazine Dialog (issue 12/2002).
According to a report by Polskie Radio Rzeszów, part of the filming was carried out in the church in Stare Oleszyce, used on set, among other things, as the interior of the âÂÂmonasteryâ (detention centre) from the film (the NKDWD camp in Kozelsk in Optina Monastery). Information about filming scenes at this location was also provided by announcements of the regional premiere in Rzeszów.
A song composed especially for the production, performed by Mrozu and Julia Pietrucha.
The plot is related to events after the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 and to the film's depicted attempt to âÂÂbreakâ Polish elites through isolation and indoctrination in a centre set up in a former monastery. The film's action begins in 1939; thousands of Poles, isolated in a former monastery, are subjected to brutal indoctrination. The plot focuses on a psychological game between a young Polish pianist, a laureate of the Chopin Competition, and a Russian agent who tries to break the protagonist's resistance, counting on influence over fellow prisoners. The film is associated with the thread of mass arrests of the Polish elite by the USSR in 1939 and the pianist's clash with an NKVD agent.
The axis of the plot is a psychological game conducted by an NKVD agent against a selected prisoner (the pianist), whose goal is to force a capitulation that could influence the attitudes of fellow prisoners.
<small>Source: FilmPolski</small>