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Kanal
Directed by
Andrzej Wajda
Not Rated
1957
1h 36m
War
,
Drama
7.9
100%
93%
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In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
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Cast of Kanal
Teresa Iżewska
"Daisy"
Tadeusz Janczar
Cadet Officer "Korab"
Wieńczysław Gliński
Lieutenant "Zadra"
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Sergeant "Kula"
Stanisław Mikulski
"Smukły"
Emil Karewicz
Lieutenant "Mądry"
Vladek Sheybal
Michał (as Władysław Sheybal)
Teresa Berezowska
Halinka
Zofia Lindorf
Woman searching for a Daughter
Janina Jabłonowska
Woman shouting at Resistance Members
Maria Kretz
Woman with a torn-off Leg
Jan Englert
"Zefir"
Kazimierz Dejunowicz
Captain "Zabawa"
Zdzisław Leśniak
"Mały"
Maciej Maciejewski
Lieutenant "Gustaw"
Adam Pawlikowski
German at the Sewer Entrance
Włodzimierz Bednarski
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Zenon Dądajewski
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Ryszard Filipski
Man in a Manhole (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Kazimierz Kutz
Resistance Member in a Sewer (uncredited)
Andrzej Mirecki
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Jerzy Molga
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Roman Polanski
Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Tadeusz Ross
Resistance Member (uncredited)
Ewa Wiśniewska
Girl giving water to the Resistance (uncredited)
Tomasz Witt
(uncredited)
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Writer
Stanisław Adler
Producer
Tadeusz Bierczynski
Producer
Zbigniew Brejtkopf
Producer
Arkadiusz Orłowski
Producer
Ludwik Hager
Producer
Kanal Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The film turns combat-film clichs upside down.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Flames up above and smoky streams below, the inverted Hades of occupied Warsaw
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Wajda's second movie, set in Warsaw in 1944, is politically significant and emotionally stirring
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
may very well be Wajda's finest film
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A picture of considerable worth.
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
Despair dominates here and once he gets down and dirty in the sewers, Wajda makes no concessions toward his audience in lessening the severity of his vision, for better or worse.
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