Canal (1957)

Original title

Kanał

Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

K-16

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 161 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A company of Polish Home Army fighters tries to escape the Nazis during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. They flee through the city's sewers, facing constant danger and dwindling hope.

tenseclaustrophobicbleakharrowinggrittyurgentsuspensefuldesperate

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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