Kanal Movie Review 1956

Wajda's first major success, a grueling account of Warsaw patriots, upon the onset of the Nazis toward the end of the war, fleeing through the ruined city's sewers. Highly acclaimed. Part 2 of Wajda's "War Trilogy," preceded by "A Generation" and followed by "Ashes and Diamonds." In Polish with English subtitles or dubbed.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from Polish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, Homeless, The Holocaust

Screenplay

Jerzy Stefan Stawinski

Cast

Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Vladek Sheybal, Emil Kariewicz, Wienczylaw Glinski

Cinematography

Jerzy Lipman

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Music

Jan Krenz

Producer

Stanislaw Adler

Awards

Cannes 1957: Grand Jury Prize.