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Kanał (, Sewer) is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The film is adapted from the story “They Loved Life” by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. Kanał is the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by A Generation and followed by Ashes and Diamonds.
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7.7In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.
Cast
- Teresa Iżewska as "Daisy"
- Tadeusz Janczar as Ensign "Korab"
- Wieńczysław Gliński as Lieutenant "Zadra"
- Tadeusz Gwiazdowski as Sergeant "Kula"
- Stanisław Mikulski as "Smukły"
- Emil Karewicz as Lieutenant "Mądry"
Themes
- nazi
- world war ii
- black and white
- sewer
- ruins
- warsaw uprising
- warsaw, poland
- sewers
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
8,202 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1957
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Kanał
- Film.image
- Kanał (1956 film poster).jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster.
- Film.director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Film.writer
- Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
- Film.studio
- KADR
- Film.country
- Poland
- Film.runtime
- 95 minutes
- Film.language
- Polish
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 455824
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- publication date
- 1959-01-08
- title
- Kanał
- Commons category
- Kanał (film)
- review score
- 100%
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Reception
- Theme
- Political assessment
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- Footnotes
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Kanał (, Sewer) is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The film is adapted from the story “They Loved Life” by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. Kanał is the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by A Generation and followed by Ashes and Diamonds.
The film was the winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.