KANAL (1957)

JURY PRIZE AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IN 1957

With Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wieńczysław Gliński, Stanisław Mikulski, Emil Karewicz

Warsaw, 1944. Surrounded by the Germans, the last Polish resistant fighters are forced to flee through the city’s sewers to reach the anti-Nazi front lines. Underground, little by little they fall victim to madness and despondency.

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Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writer: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Cinematography: Jerzy Lipman
Editor: Halina Nawrocka
Music: Jan Krenz
Sound: Józef Bartczak
Source: Studio Kadr