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Sign in to saveKanał (, 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.
Released: 1957-04-2096 minDir: Andrzej WajdaWar, Drama
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"
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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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Key dates
- Published
- 8 January 1959
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Original language
- Polish
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Screenwriter
- Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
- Cast member
- Ewa Wiśniewska
- Composer
- Jan Krenz
- Cinematographer
- Jerzy Lipman
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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.
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1950s Polish films1950s Polish-language films1950s war drama films1957 drama films1957 films1957 German-language filmsFilms about Polish resistance during World War IIFilms directed by Andrzej WajdaFilms set in WarsawJury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) winnersKADR (studio) filmsPolish black-and-white films