IN DARKNESS
by Agnieszka Holland
synopsis
Nazi-occupied Lvov (Poland), 1943: Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and minor thief, struggles to make ends meet for his wife and daughter. He comes across a motley group of Jews trying to escape the upcoming liquidation of the ghetto by hiding in the sewers. They offer him money to protect them. Although he is aware that helping a Jew could mean immediate execution for him and his family, Socha sees this as easy cash and they strike a deal. Soon and inevitably the Jews’ money runs out. But now there is no turning back.
international title: | In Darkness |
original title: | W ciemności |
country: | Germany, Poland, Canada |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Agnieszka Holland |
film run: | 145' |
release date: | PL 05/01/2012, DE 09/02/2012, UK 16/03/2012, IE 16/03/2012, FR 10/10/2012, CZ 15/11/2012, IT 24/01/2013, HU 28/02/2013, NL 02/05/2013, BE 15/05/2013 |
screenplay: | David F. Shamoon |
cast: | Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup |
cinematography by: | Jolanta Dylewska |
film editing: | Mike Czarnecki |
art director: | Marcel Slawinski, Katarzyna Sobanska-Strzalkowska |
costumes designer: | Jagna Janicka, Katarzyna Lewińska |
music: | Antoni Łazarkiewicz |
producer: | Patrick Knippl, Steffen Reuter, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Leander Carell, Eric Jordan, Paul Stephens, Juliusz Machulski, Wojciech Danowski |
production: | Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv GmbH, Studio Filmowe Zebra, The Film Works (CA) |
distributor: | Kino Świat, NFP Marketing & Distribution, Metrodome Distribution, Alta Films, Eurozoom, Good Films, September Film Distribution Netherlands, Abc Distribution |