WARSAW 44
by Jan Komasa
synopsis
In mid 1944, the Second World War is coming to an end. Warsaw is still occupied by the Nazis. Young people are tired of suffering. They are hungry for a new life and they want it now. The urge to rebel against the occupiers is overwhelming. Their voice needs to be heard. On the 1st of August, unarmed citizens start an uprising that lasts 63 days and brings an apocalypse upon the city.
international title: | Warsaw 44 |
original title: | Miasto 44 |
country: | Poland |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jan Komasa |
film run: | 127' |
release date: | PL 09/05/2014 |
screenplay: | Jan Komasa |
cast: | Anna Próchniak, Antoni Królikowski, Zofia Wichlacz, Józef Pawlowski, Maurycy Popiel, Filip Gurlacz |
cinematography by: | Marian Prokop |
film editing: | Michal Czarnecki |
art director: | Grzegorz Piatkowski, Marek Warszewski |
costumes designer: | Dorota Roqueplo |
music: | Antoni Łazarkiewicz |
producer: | Jan Oldakowski, Pior Sliwowski, Michał Kwieciński, Jan Kwiecinski |
production: | Akson Studio |
backing: | Polish Film Institute |
distributor: | Kino Świat |