Holy Week (film)

1995 film

  • 6 November 1995 (1995-11-06)
Running time
97 minutesCountryPolandLanguagePolish

Holy Week (Polish: Wielki tydzień) is a 1995 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution.[1]

Plot

The film takes place in 1943 in occupied Warsaw. Irena Lilien, a young Jewish woman, hides with her friends. Taken by two Gestapo agents, she bribes them. On the street, she meets her ex-fiancé who takes her to his apartment. The presence of a Jewish woman gives rise to various attitudes among Poles living in the tenement house.

Cast

  • Beata Fudalej as Irena Lilien
  • Wojciech Malajkat as Jan Malecki
  • Magdalena Warzecha as Anna Malecka
  • Bożena Dykiel[2] as Mrs. Piotrowska
  • Cezary Pazura as Piotrowski
  • Wojciech Pszoniak as Zamojski
  • Agnieszka Kotulanka as Karska
  • Artur Barciś as Zaleski
  • Krzysztof Stroiński[3] as Osipowicz
  • Michal Pawlicki as Irena's Father
  • Maria Seweryn[4] as Marta
  • Tomasz Preniasz-Strus as Wladek

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1996 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Bozena Dykiel". IMDb. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Krzysztof Stroinski". IMDb. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Maria Seweryn". IMDb. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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