Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaScreenplay:
Jerzy Stefan StawińskiCinematography:
Jerzy LipmanComposer:
Jan KrenzCast:
Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wieńczysław Gliński, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Stanisław Mikulski, Emil Karewicz, Vladek Sheybal, Jan Englert, Kazimierz Kutz (more)Plots(1)
The second film of Andrzej Wajda's celebrated World War II trilogy focuses on three groups of Polish soldiers and freedom fighters trying to escape the Nazis through the labyrinthine sewer system of Warsaw during that city's 1944 uprising. The first group, commanded by the risk-taking Madry (Emil Karewicz), includes a despondent courier, Halinka (Teresa Berezowska), and a mad composer (Vladek Sheybal). The second group is a pair of lovers, Daisy Stokrotka (Teresa Izewska) and Corporal Korab (Tadeusz Janczar). As they wade through sewage, the weakened Korab, who is kept alive by his partner, begins having hallucinations of idyllic surroundings. The third group is led by Lieutenant Zadra (Wienczyslaw Glinski), who openly questions the methods of the Resistance--"Attacking tanks and planes with pistols and grenades? Will we never learn?"--while trying to ferret out a traitor in the ranks before it's too late. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Teresa Izewska
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
The Depot of the Dead (1958)
![Tadeusz Janczar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/376/164376663_92a4c2.png)
Tadeusz Janczar
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Landscape After Battle (1970)
![Wieńczysław Gliński](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/790/157790942_001a6d.jpg)
Wieńczysław Gliński
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Liberation (1971)
Marysia i Napoleon (1966)
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
German Empire
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Man of Iron (1981)
Canal (1957)
![Stanisław Mikulski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270732_8c816f.jpg)
Stanisław Mikulski
Poland
![Emil Karewicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/121/159121497_fba8db.jpg)
Emil Karewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Canal (1957)
Birth Certificate (1961)
![Vladek Sheybal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906647_abb00b.jpg)
Vladek Sheybal
Poland
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Last Valley (1971)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Jan Englert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/805/158805039_1beb10.jpg)
Jan Englert
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Canal (1957)
Gods (2014)
![Kazimierz Kutz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273491_feb30a.jpg)
Kazimierz Kutz
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Mister T. (2019)
A Generation (1955)
![Roman Polański](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268951_197a4b.jpg)
Roman Polański
France
![Wladyslaw Kowalski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/846/158846869_53f4d4.jpg)
Wladyslaw Kowalski
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Szpital przemienienia (1978)
Canal (1957)
![Ryszard Filipski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/756/165756930_145735.jpg)
Ryszard Filipski
Poland
Adam Pawlikowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Canal (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
![Maciej Maciejewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/296/159296541_1224d3.jpg)
Maciej Maciejewski
Poland
Best movies:
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Canal (1957)
Real End of the Great War (1957)
Zenon Dądajewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Canal (1957)
Zdzisław Leśniak
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Gangsterzy i filantropi (1962)
Around the World with Bolek and Lolek (1977)
Kazimierz Dejunowicz
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
Tomasz Witt
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
![Andrzej Mirecki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/981/165981467_c7c981.png)
Andrzej Mirecki
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Pierścień księżnej Anny (1970)
Janina Jabłonowska
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Real End of the Great War (1957)