HOLY WEEK
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Wajda, who himself was a member of the resistance, has tackled Poland’s tragic history during World War II several times. HOLY WEEK is based on the story of the same title by Jerzy Andrzejewski, the first literary work about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in October 1943: passengers of a tram under fire flee into the houses nearby. This is how Irena, a Jew, once again meets the love of her youth, Jan. Jan and his family hide the Jewish refugee – but in the face of the SS’s brutal excesses, he has to realize that decency and helpfulness can’t persevere in the face of absolute evil.
Wielki tydzien / Die Karwoche
POL, DEU, FRA 1995 / 90 min
Director: Andrzej Wajda
- Screenplay: Andrzej Wajda
- Cinematographer: Wit Dabal
- Editor: Wanda Zeman
- Cast: Beata Fundalej,Wojciech Malajkat,Magdalena Warzecha,Bozena Dykiel,Jakub Przebindowski,Artur Barcis
- Producer: Lew Rywin
- Production Company: Canal + Polska - Warschau,Heritage Films Ltd. - Warschau,Les Films du Losange S.a.r.l. - Paris,Studio Babelsberg GmbH - Potsdam,Telewizja Polska - Warschau
- Rights Holder: Film Polski - Warschau
Wajda, who himself was a member of the resistance, has tackled Poland’s tragic history during World War II several times. HOLY WEEK is based on the story of the same title by Jerzy Andrzejewski, the first literary work about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in October 1943: passengers of a tram under fire flee into the houses nearby. This is how Irena, a Jew, once again meets the love of her youth, Jan. Jan and his family hide the Jewish refugee – but in the face of the SS’s brutal excesses, he has to realize that decency and helpfulness can’t persevere in the face of absolute evil.
- Screenplay: Andrzej Wajda
- Cinematographer: Wit Dabal
- Editor: Wanda Zeman
- Cast: Beata Fundalej,Wojciech Malajkat,Magdalena Warzecha,Bozena Dykiel,Jakub Przebindowski,Artur Barcis
- Producer: Lew Rywin
- Production Company: Canal + Polska - Warschau,Heritage Films Ltd. - Warschau,Les Films du Losange S.a.r.l. - Paris,Studio Babelsberg GmbH - Potsdam,Telewizja Polska - Warschau
- Rights Holder: Film Polski - Warschau