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33 Steps

Name: 33 Steps
Genre: Drama, Crime
Duration: 1 h 11 min
Cast: Milan Daniel, Jana Poláková, Mili Daniel, Gabriel Daniel, Róbert Jakab

2026 · 1h 11m · Drama · Crime

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Thirteen years after Milan Daniel suffered a serious head injury in a racially motivated attack, his assailant is set to be released. What feelings does this moment aw…

66/100

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WHAT IT'S ABOUT

Thirteen years after Milan Daniel suffered a serious head injury in a racially motivated attack, his assailant is set to be released. What feelings does this moment awaken in a traumatized man who, though he survived, will forever suffer the consequences of that fateful day? Straddling the line between fiction and documentary, the feature debut by Slovak directors Šimon and Anna Domček is an exceptionally cohesive mosaic of fragmentary pieces of everyday life, memories, dreams, and subjective perceptions. Besides exploring the experience of someone seeking to escape the shadows of the past – shadows that weigh heavily on future generations as well – the film also takes an unusual approach to the subject of racial intolerance.

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66/100

MAYBE

MAYBEThirteen years after Milan Daniel suffered a serious head injury in a racially motivated attack, his assailant is set to be released. What feelings does this moment aw…

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WHY THIS MIGHT BE FOR YOU

01The setup points to a survival story where pressure keeps tightening

02A compact 71-minute runtime and a fairly steady watch with good forward movement define the practical movie-night fit

03With Šimon Domček directing and Milan Daniel leading the cast, the factual package has a clear creative center even before a meaningful audience score develops

MOVIHERO EDITORIAL

Should you watch 33 Steps?

33 Steps belongs in your night if you want a survival story built around pressure and hard choices. It is a fairly steady watch with good forward movement, with a compact 71-minute runtime, and the Watch Profile puts attention at 5/10 and emotional impact at 5/10. This is a mood-dependent call: the fit matters more than the headline score.

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