Passenger Movie Review 1961

While on a cruise ship Lisa (Slaska), a former camp guard at Auschwitz, realizes that fellow passenger Martha (Ciepielewska) was once one of her prisoners. Their meeting triggers a series of flashbacks to the Holocaust and to domination, suffering, and resistance. Director Munk was killed in a car crash during filming, which was completed by his colleague Witold Lesiewicz. Based on the novel by Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka; Polish with subtitles.

Distribution

Hen's Tooth Video, 2805 E State Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805, Phone: (260)471-4332, Fax: (260)471-4449, URL: http://www.henstoothvideo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 63 minutes.
Originally from Polish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Women, The Holocaust, Flashback, Sail Away

Screenplay

Andrzej Munk, Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka

Cast

Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Marek Walezewski, Jan Kreczewski, Irena Malkiewicz

Cinematography

Krzysztof Winiewicz

Director

Andrzej Munk

Music

Tadeusz Baird