Canal

Kanal, feature film, 1957

DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Wajda

Canal

CAST:
Teresa Izewska (Daisy),
Tadeusz Janczar (Ens. Jacek 'Korab),
Wienczyslaw Glinski (Lt. 'Zadra'),
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski (Sgt. 'Kula'),
Stanislaw Mikulski (Smukly)

SCRIPT:
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jerzy Lipman

Synopsis:
This is a symbolical representation of hell set in Poland during the Warsaw uprising in 1944, which was ruthlessly suppressed by the Germans. Lieutenant Zadra receives an order to hide his men in the town’s sewers. However, his desperate attempt to avoid the madness of war results in even greater tragedy and suffering. In a claustrophobic space, director Wajda interweaves a series of personal dramas with the agony of the whole town.

35 mm, b/w, 95 min