Warsaw: Year 5703

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 26, 1992

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German, French

Countries

Poland, France, Germany

Production

CCC Filmkunst,Molécule

Cast

Lambert Wilson,Hanna Schygulla,Julie Delpy,Władysław Kowalski,Piotr Cieślak,Paweł Nowisz,Leon Niemczyk,Krzysztof Zaleski,Tomasz Jarosz,Marek Kasprzyk

Director

Janusz Kijowski

Writer

Jerzy Janicki

Cinematography

Przemysław Skwirczyński

Music

Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0105783