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 - Leopold Socha
Benno Fürmann - Mundek Margulies
Agnieszka Grochowska - Klara Keller
Maria Schrader - Paulina Chiger
Herbert Knaup - Ignacy Chiger
Marcin Bosak - Yanek Grossmann
Krzysztof Skonieczny - Stefek Wroblewski
Milla Bankowicz - Krystyna Chiger
Oliwer Stanczak - Pawel Chiger
Kinga Preis - Wanda Socha
Weronika Rosati - Woman with child
Alexandre Levit - Kovalev
Frank-Michael Köbe - Wilhaus
Joachim Paul Assböck - Nowak
Maja Bohosiewicz - 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.

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