Summary In the winter of 1943 two young Jews, Alek and Fryda, escape, via sewer tunnels, from the atrocities underway in Warsaw ghetto. Alek, entrusted with undeveloped photos of the horrors within, makes his way to a supposedly safe apartment only to find it occupied by Germans. Another tenant, a pole Stephania, abruptly offers to shelter him in her spacious apartment. She comforts him and they make love that very night. Stefania is uncommonly generous and willing to jeopardize her own safety by hiding a Jew. She even goes to a nearby church and rescues Fryda. But Fryda is ungrateful and proceeds to sabotage the trio's safety in insidious ways. View more details
Directed : Janusz Kijowski
Written : Artur Brauner Janusz Kijowski Jerzy Janicki
Stars : Lambert Wilson Wladyslaw Kowalski Hanna Schygulla Julie Delpy
Genres : Drama Romance War
Release date : Aug 25, 1992
Countries of origin : Germany France Poland
Language : German French
Production companies : CCC-Filmkunst Molécule
Summary In the winter of 1943 two young Jews, Alek and Fryda, escape, via sewer tunnels, from the atrocities underway in Warsaw ghetto. Alek, entrusted with undeveloped photos of the horrors within, makes his way to a supposedly safe apartment only to find it occupied by Germans. Another tenant, a pole Stephania, abruptly offers to shelter him in her spacious apartment. She comforts him and they make love that very night. Stefania is uncommonly generous and willing to jeopardize her own safety by hiding a Jew. She even goes to a nearby church and rescues Fryda. But Fryda is ungrateful and proceeds to sabotage the trio's safety in insidious ways. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance War
Release date : Aug 25, 1992
Countries of origin : Germany France Poland
Language : German French
Production companies : CCC-Filmkunst Molécule
