Rent Kanal (1957)
4.0 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- During the last days of the Warsaw Uprising against Poland's Nazi occupiers, a ravaged band of Resistance fighters retreat into the city sewers to avoid capture. In this pit of darkness, engulfed by filth, they desperately strive to hang onto their lives, their hopes and their sanity. Controversial for undermining a national myth of heroic sacrifice, Wajda's second feature is a nightmarish descent into a visceral, claustrophobic struggle for survival. Full of haunting images, 'Kanal' is a harrowing and unforgettable depiction of the horrors of war.
- Actors:
- Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Stanislaw Mikulski, Emil Karewicz, Vladek Sheybal, Teresa Berezowska, Zofia Lindorf, Janina Jablonowska, Maria Kretz, Jan Englert, Kazimierz Dejunowicz, Zdzislaw Lesniak, Maciej Maciejewski, Adam Pawlikowski, Wlodzimierz Bednarski, Zenon Dadajewski, Ryszard Filipski, Witold Grabowski
- Directors:
- Andrzej Wajda
- Narrated By:
- Tadeusz Lomnicki
- Writers:
- Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
- Aka:
- The Sewer
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- Poland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/12/2022
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- Polish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Andrzej Wajda on 'Kanal': an archival filmed interview with the director
- An exclusive, newly-filmed introduction by film critic, curator and scholar Michat Oleszczyk
- A new audio commentary by Michael Brooke
- Ceramics from llza (Ceramika Itzecka): Andrzej Wajda's newly-remastered 1951 short film
- UK premiere release on Blu-ray
