About this movie
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary
- Language:
- English
- Running time:
- 2:23:23
- Partner rating:
- Released:
- 2011
Cast & Crew
Cast
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Agnieszka Grochowska
Klara Keller
- Krzysztof Skonieczny
- Benno Furmann
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Maria Schrader
Paulina Chiger
- Kinga Preis
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Herbert Knaup
Ignacy Chiger
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Robert Wieckiewicz
Leopold Socha
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Benno Fürmann
Mundek Margulies
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Marcin Bosak
Janek Weiss
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Julia Kijowska
Chaja
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Jerzy Walczak
Jacob Berestycki
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Oliwier Stanczak
Pawel Chiger
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Milla Bankowicz
Krystyna Chiger
Directors
- Agnieszka Holland
Producers
- Juliusz Machulski
- Eric Jordan
- Paul Stephens
- Steffen Reuter
Writers
- David F. Shamoon
In Darkness
1:51
Trailer for In Darkness
A modest Polish sewer worker becomes a hero after rescuing a group of Jews from certain death during the Holocaust. Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, and Kinga Preis star in this inspirational World War II drama from two-time Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland (Bittere Ernte, Europa, Europa).
Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes
89%
percent positive reviews
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Jim Schembri, 3AWWith any serious, well-made drama about the horrors of the Holocaust comes the impulse...to value its worthiness over its qualities as entertainment...In Darkness is gritty, gruelling stuff...But...
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Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy
In Darkness is a complex film as the divisions between acting for mercenary reasons and ethical ones are often uncertain.
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Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
Emotionally demanding and cinematically challenging, In Darkness tells us - repeats for us - what we must always remember about human nature: everyone can redeem themselves
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Tom Long, Detroit News
Based on a true story, "In Darkness" is obviously tough to watch, especially since Holland's camera is both unforgiving and relentlessly human.
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Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
There is release at the end of this fine film, but no euphoria; just a sense of having come through a period of evil, the memory of whose darkness will never entirely lift.
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