In Darkness

In Darkness

2011 · 145 min · DE · R · 7.1 (164 votes)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland · Starring Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup, Marcin Bosak
DramaWar

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

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This film feels like a suffocating descent into the dark underbelly of war. It's a grim, tense, and deeply human story of survival against overwhelming odds, where morality is constantly tested in the most desperate of circumstances.

claustrophobictensegrittydesperatesombersteadyrealistic dramawartime realismbleak aestheticsurvivalhumanitymoralitywartime atrocity
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