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The Last Viking, The Last Showgirl, and No Other Choice are stories about life-changing experiences, told with distance and often with humor, exploring what happens when a familiar order begins to crumble. Fractures emerge in relationships, identities, and decisions, revealing tensions that had previously remained hidden. Sometimes they are sudden and violent; at other times they unfold gradually, almost imperceptibly — but they always lead to a change that cannot be undone.
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After serving fourteen years in prison, Anker is released with a single goal: to recover a stolen fortune. The problem is that the money was hidden by his brother, Manfred, who now calls himself John Lennon and drifts through a world shaped by his fractured identity. For the brutal and hot-headed Anker, Manfred’s fragile mental state is both a minefield and the only path to the treasure.
Following the trail of the missing money, the brothers encounter a group of eccentric misfits who, rather than helping, only make matters worse. To recover the fortune, Anker must reunite the legendary Beatles — because only John Lennon knows where the loot is hidden.
The Last Viking is a wild, absurd and exhilarating ride through the past, fractured minds, brotherly loyalty, and a world where logic no longer applies. Academy Award-winning director Anders Thomas Jensen once again proves that his collaborations with Mads Mikkelsen are the stuff of cult cinema.
Pamela Anderson’s star shines once again! In The Last Showgirl, the iconic 1990s actress delivers the performance of a lifetime — one that resonates with echoes of her own story.
Shelley (Anderson) performs in a Las Vegas revue. Her work is both her greatest passion and a source of personal fulfillment, one for which she sacrificed her family years ago. Now she learns that the show to which she devoted everything is closing for good. Yet despite hearing from all sides that her time has passed, the 57-year-old dancer refuses to leave the stage.
In a city that lures people in like a mirage only to awaken them from their dreams, Shelley fights to hold on to her aspirations and rebuild her relationship with her daughter. A seasoned performer without formal training and a mother who was never perfect, she is a complex, deeply human heroine whose life has been anything but easy. Still, she proves that an ending can also be a new beginning.
A tribute to Anderson and her remarkable journey, the film features the Golden Globe–nominated song “Beautiful That Way,” written and performed by Miley Cyrus especially for the production.
When the job market is ruthless, the competition has to be eliminated. The protagonist of No Other Choice – the new film by Park Chan-wook, the acclaimed director of Oldboy – takes that idea quite literally. In his uncompromising auteur style, the Korean master of genre cinema delivers a disturbingly sharp diagnosis of contemporary anxieties.
Man-su (played by Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun) appears to have the perfect life: a stable job, a family, a house, and two golden retrievers. But it takes only a single day for his idyllic existence to turn into a nightmare. When he loses his position at a paper factory, he also loses his status, masculinity, identity, dignity, and sense of purpose. To reclaim them, he is willing to do whatever it takes—especially when dirty work proves just as satisfying as office work ever was.
While mercilessly satirizing the rat race, corporate culture, and male ego, Park Chan-wook also offers a timely reflection on the future of work in the age of AI. Much like the acclaimed Parasite, No Other Choice hides sharp observations about class tensions and sweeping social change beneath its layers of dark humor. Half in jest and half in earnest, Park poses a provocative question to all of us: is there a job worth killing for?
12th Spektrum
Film Festival
20-25 October 2026
Świdnica
