In Darkness (2011)

Original title

W ciemności

Directed by

Agnieszka Holland

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany, Poland, Canada

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 204 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sewer worker in Nazi-occupied Poland uses his knowledge of the underground tunnels to hide a group of Jews who escaped from the Lwow Ghetto. The film follows both the rescuer and the survivors as they navigate the constant threat of discovery.

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What happens

In Darkness (Polish: W ciemności) is a dual-perspective 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. 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 former Poland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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