Kanał

Kanał (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkanaw], Sewer) is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The film is adapted from the story “They Loved Life” by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. Kanał is the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by A Generation and followed by Ashes and Diamonds.

Kanał
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byAndrzej Wajda
Written byJerzy Stefan Stawiński
Starring
  • Teresa Iżewska
  • Tadeusz Janczar
  • Wieńczysław Gliński
  • Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
  • Stanisław Mikulski
  • Emil Karewicz
  • Maciej Maciejewski
  • Vladek Sheybal
  • Teresa Berezowska
Production
company
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

The film was the winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.

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