In the final act ("Massacre & Desperate Flight"): Nighttime pogroms erupt, claiming Zosia's stepson and forcing her to flee with her infant. After surviving German rescue and a retaliatory village attack, she escapes into the woods on a cart.

Hatred (2016) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Hatred
Genre: drama, history, war
Released: 2016
Rating: 7.3

Plot Analysis Summary

A woman's harrowing survival through ethnic violence and occupation in WWII Volhynia.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

Forced Union & Soviet Shadows

Occupation & Hidden Lives

Return & Rising Ethnic Tensions

UPA Buildup & Deception

Massacre & Desperate Flight

Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.

Directed by

Wojtek Smarzowski

Key Cast

Michalina Łabacz — Zosia Głowacka
Arkadiusz Jakubik — Maciej Skiba
Adrian Zaremba — Antek Wilk
Lech Dyblik — Hawryluk
Dorota Liliental — School Teacher

Rating: 7.3/10 (157 votes)