In Darkness

Plot

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov.

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 6.8/10 (851 voted)

Critic's Score: 73/100

Director:
Agnieszka Holland

Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska

Storyline
IN DARKNESS tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (former Poland).

Writers: Robert Marshall, David F. Shamoon

Cast:

Robert Wieckiewicz
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Leopold Socha

Benno Fürmann
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Mundek Margulies

Agnieszka Grochowska
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Klara Keller

Maria Schrader
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Paulina Chiger

Herbert Knaup
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Ignacy Chiger

Marcin Bosak
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Yanek Grossmann

Krzysztof Skonieczny
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Stefek Wroblewski

Milla Bankowicz
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Krystyna Chiger

Oliwer Stanczak
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Pawel Chiger

Kinga Preis
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Wanda Socha

Weronika Rosati
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Woman with child

Alexandre Levit
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Kovalev

Frank-Michael Köbe
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Wilhaus

Joachim Paul Assböck
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Nowak

Maja Bohosiewicz
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Girl

Details

Official Website:
Official site |

Release Date: 5 January 2012

Filming Locations: Berlin, Germany

Opening Weekend: $27,413
(USA)
(12 February 2012)
(3 Screens)

Gross: $161,570
(USA)
(19 February 2012)

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Poland's candidate to compete for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards.

User Review

Truly wonderful. The work of this film is brilliant.

Rating: 9/10


I saw this movie at the Savannah Film Festival in Georgia today…
Going in I thought this movie would be just another holocaust movie.
But it was more than just a holocaust movie the story which is based
off a true story told the story of people who regardless of race are
escaping from their deaths by hiding in a sewer throughout the war. I
was amazed by how this movie could keep my attention throughout as
seeing that it's just a group of people hiding underground but it did.
It's a long movie but entertaining throughout. The story embraced these
poor individuals and showed their struggles and I was amazed by the
acting. I was also amazed by all the challenges that they had gone
through to produce this movie and my thought of how stressful it would
be to be on a set like this. As a young cinematographer myself, I was
impressed by the lighting and the picture overall that was produced.
I'm dying to know what lenses they used for such a beautiful film. For
attending this film and not being from Georgia I heard some positive
and some negative feedback from other attendees of the film. Some
people had a little struggle of how long the movie was… But in my
eyes I feel that it's important for the movie to be longer because
these people are in a tunnel for over a year and are struggling to
survive.