Kanal (1957)
1h 36m
Running Time
April 20, 1957Release Date
Plot.
During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Kanal is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Teresa Iżewska
'Daisy'
Tadeusz Janczar
Cadet Officer 'Korab'
Wieńczysław Gliński
Lieutenant 'Zadra'
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Sergeant 'Kula'
Stanisław Mikulski
'Smukły'
Emil Karewicz
Lieutenant 'Mądry'
Vladek Sheybal
Michał (as Władysław Sheybal)
Teresa Berezowska
Halinka
Zofia Lindorf
Woman searching for a Daughter
Zofia Lindorf
Old woman looking for her daughter
Janina Jabłonowska
Woman shouting at Resistance Members
Maria Kretz
Woman with a torn-off Leg
Jan Englert
'Zefir'
Kazimierz Dejunowicz
Captain 'Zabawa'
Zdzisław Leśniak
'Mały'
Maciej Maciejewski
Lieutenant 'Gustaw'
Adam Pawlikowski
German at the Sewer Entrance / Musician
Włodzimierz Bednarski
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Zenon Dądajewski
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski
Man in a Manhole (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Kazimierz Kutz
Resistance Member in a Sewer (uncredited) / First Assistant Director
Andrzej Mirecki
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Jerzy Molga
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Roman Polanski
Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Tadeusz Ross
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Ewa Wiśniewska
Girl giving water to the Resistance (uncredited)
Tomasz Witt
(uncredited)
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Roman Mann
Production Design
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
Halina Nawrocka
Editor
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design
Jerzy Wójcik
Camera Operator
Józef Bartczak
Sound
Halina Sieńska
Makeup Artist
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Screenplay / Short Story
Halina Dobrowolska
Assistant Production Design
Roman Wołyniec
Assistant Production Design
Ignacy Gaworkiewicz
Construction Foreman
Roman Brański
Sound Assistant
Józef Dąbrowski
Sound Assistant
Adam Okapiec
Sound Assistant
Halina Ber
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stanisław Adler
Production Manager
Tadeusz Bierczynski
Unit Manager
Zbigniew Brejtkopf
Unit Manager
Arkadiusz Orłowski
Unit Manager
Ludwik Hager
Assistant Production Manager
Janusz Morgenstern
Assistant Director
Anita Janeczkowa
Assistant Director
Maria Starzeńska
Assistant Director
Andrzej Gronau
Assistant Camera
Czesław Grabowski
Assistant Camera
Antoni Tabak
Lighting Technician
Aurelia Rut
Assistant Editor
Jan Krenz
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 20, 1957
Original NameKanał
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
nazi
ruins
warsaw uprising
black and white
sewer
warsaw
sewers
Wiki.
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.
The film was the winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
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