In Darkness (2011 film)
In Darkness (Polish: W ciemności) is a 2011 Polish drama film written by David F. Shamoon and directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
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| Directed by | Agnieszka Holland |
| Written by | David F. Shamoon |
| Based on | In the Sewers of Lvov by Robert Marshall |
| Produced by | Andrzej Besztak Steffen Reuter Patrick Knippel Marc-Daniel Dichant Leander Carell Juliusz Machulski Paul Stephens Eric Jordan |
| Starring | Robert Więckiewicz Benno Fürmann Agnieszka Grochowska Maria Schrader Herbert Knaup Kinga Preis Krzysztof Skonieczny |
| Cinematography | Jolanta Dylewska |
| Edited by | Mike Czarnecki |
| Music by | Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz |
Production companies | Zebra Films, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv, the Film Works |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Countries | Poland Germany Canada |
| Languages | Polish German Yiddish Ukrainian |
Based on true events during German occupation of Poland, the film tells about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker in the Polish city of Lwów. He used his knowledge of the city's sewer system to shelter a group of Jews who had escaped from the Lwów Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland.
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