The Dancing Hawk
strong sex, nudity, injury detail
Director(s)Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Production year1977
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes99m
CastFranciszek Trzeciak, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Beata Tumkiewicz
The Dancing Hawk
strong sex, nudity, injury detail
Polish drama, from 1977, in which a young man decides to leave his countryside home to work his way up in the industrial ...
Polish drama, from 1977, in which a young man decides to leave his countryside home to work his way up in the industrial world and become the director of a factory.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
discrimination
injury detail
nudity
dangerous behaviour
strong sex, nudity, injury detail
Classified Date:
27/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Cuts:
Compulsory cut required to remove a scene of unsimulated animal cruelty (an attempt to decapitate a chicken which does not result in instant death), in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. Further compulsory cut required to remove a sequence containing potentially indecent images of a child (an adult playing with a baby's genitals), in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978.
violence
Moderate violence includes sight of punches and objects being thrown at people. A scene of domestic abuse features a husband and wife trading angry insults, pushing and shoving each other and throwing objects. In one scene it is implied that a man is decapitated using an axe, although this occurs off screen.
threat and horror
The film contains various scenes of threat, including people running from explosions and sounds of gunfire during wartime.
language
Mild bad language ('shit', 'bloody') is used occasionally, as well as very mild terms ('hell', 'Jesus Christ').
sex
Scenes of strong sex include thrusting and female breast and pubic hair nudity.
discrimination
An angry man refers to a group of men and women as 'sissies', because of what he perceives as their collective weakness, after they've already left the room. No homophobia is intended.
injury detail
Strong injury detail includes sight of a damaged arm being severed from a corpse using shears and the arm then being buried. There is also sight of blood in the aftermath of an implied decapitation. Off screen sounds imply a car crash has taken place, although the consequences are not shown.
nudity
Female nudity, including sight of breasts and pubic hair, occurs in both sexual and non-sexual contexts. There is also brief sight of a naked child being bathed.
dangerous behaviour
A man creates an improvised kettle by placing wires and a battery inside a glass.
theme
The film deals with themes of bereavement, death and war and there are oblique verbal references to the Holocaust and human fat being used to make soap. There are scenes depicting ill people and a scene of implied childbirth in which screams are heard. Several scenes feature characters in distress or upset.
alcohol and smoking
Adult characters drink alcohol and sometimes become visibly drunk. Adults also smoke cigarettes.
Classified Date:
21/01/2026
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Classified Date:
21/01/2026
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Classified date27/01/2026
LanguagePolish
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
discrimination
injury detail
nudity
dangerous behaviour
Director(s)Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Production year1977
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes99m
CastFranciszek Trzeciak, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Beata Tumkiewicz
strong sex, nudity, injury detail
Classified Date:
27/01/2026
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Cuts:
Compulsory cut required to remove a scene of unsimulated animal cruelty (an attempt to decapitate a chicken which does not result in instant death), in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. Further compulsory cut required to remove a sequence containing potentially indecent images of a child (an adult playing with a baby's genitals), in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1978.
violence
Moderate violence includes sight of punches and objects being thrown at people. A scene of domestic abuse features a husband and wife trading angry insults, pushing and shoving each other and throwing objects. In one scene it is implied that a man is decapitated using an axe, although this occurs off screen.
threat and horror
The film contains various scenes of threat, including people running from explosions and sounds of gunfire during wartime.
language
Mild bad language ('shit', 'bloody') is used occasionally, as well as very mild terms ('hell', 'Jesus Christ').
sex
Scenes of strong sex include thrusting and female breast and pubic hair nudity.
discrimination
An angry man refers to a group of men and women as 'sissies', because of what he perceives as their collective weakness, after they've already left the room. No homophobia is intended.
injury detail
Strong injury detail includes sight of a damaged arm being severed from a corpse using shears and the arm then being buried. There is also sight of blood in the aftermath of an implied decapitation. Off screen sounds imply a car crash has taken place, although the consequences are not shown.
nudity
Female nudity, including sight of breasts and pubic hair, occurs in both sexual and non-sexual contexts. There is also brief sight of a naked child being bathed.
dangerous behaviour
A man creates an improvised kettle by placing wires and a battery inside a glass.
theme
The film deals with themes of bereavement, death and war and there are oblique verbal references to the Holocaust and human fat being used to make soap. There are scenes depicting ill people and a scene of implied childbirth in which screams are heard. Several scenes feature characters in distress or upset.
alcohol and smoking
Adult characters drink alcohol and sometimes become visibly drunk. Adults also smoke cigarettes.
Classified Date:
21/01/2026
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Classified Date:
21/01/2026
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Radiance Films
Classified date27/01/2026
LanguagePolish
