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Canal (1957)

Canal poster
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
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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.

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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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