An Ordinary Country

An Ordinary Country - Hidden cameras expose communist Poland’s

This historical footage documentary uses a variety of covert materials—controlled conversations, hidden camera recordings, dirty records of interrogations, and recruitment attempts, along with video tutorials for security service officers—to depict the monitored life in Poland under communism.

The gripping documentary portrays a grotesque yet horrifying picture of a society where Big Brother not only watches but invades the intimacy of ordinary citizens. As the film progresses, the sense of horror escalates, culminating in a chilling depiction of a communist panopticon that continuously spies on and records itself.