In Darkness
2011 · Movie · R · 145 min · ★ 6.9 · 81% critics
During World War II in a Nazi-occupied Polish city, a sewer worker agrees to hide a small group of Jewish refugees underground for money. As months pass in the cramped, filthy tunnels, fear, conflict, and constant danger test everyone involved, pushing him to decide what he’s truly willing to risk to keep them alive.
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Details
- Original title
- W ciemności
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-12-09
- Language
- PL
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (203 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a gritty, emotionally heavy WWII survival drama about ordinary people making impossible choices; Not for you if you avoid bleak stories, claustrophobic settings, or intense Holocaust themes like Europa Europa.
Pros: tense, claustrophobic survival story; strong emotional impact; morally complex characters | Cons: grim and hard to watch; long runtime for some; occasional uneven pacing
Themes
- nazi
- refugee
- thief
- sewer
- woman director
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2012 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2012 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2012 · nominated
Cast & crew
Robert Więckiewicz
as Leopold Soha
Benno Fürmann
as Mundek Margulies
Agnieszka Grochowska
as Klara Keller
Maria Schrader
as Paulina Chiger
Herbert Knaup
as Ignacy Chiger
Marcin Bosak
as Janek Weiss
Julia Kijowska
as Chaja
Jerzy Walczak
as Jacob Berestycki
- OS
Oliwer Stanczak
as Pawel Chiger
- MB
Milla Bankowicz
as Krystyna Chiger
Directed by Agnieszka Holland