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Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.
Keywords
holocaust (shoah)
world war ii
auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
concentration camp prisoner
based on true story
semi-documentary
woman director
communists
polish history
Casts

Wanda Bartówna
Helena

Huguette Faget
Michele

Tatyana Guretskaya
Eugenia

Antonina Gordon-Górecka
Anna

Mariya Vinogradova
Nadia

Barbara Drapińska
Marta
Barbara Fijewska
Anielka
Maria Anna Redlichówna
Urszula

Alina Janowska
Dessa

Zofia Mrozowska
Gypsy Woman

Stanisław Zaczyk
Tadek

Stefan Śródka
Bronek
Elżbieta Łabuńska
Prisoner #1

Jadwiga Chojnacka
Prisoner #2
Ewa Kunina
Prisoner #3

Barbara Rachwalska
Block Leader Elza

Anna Jaraczówna
Kapo Frieda
Roma Rudecka
Kapo Sauna
Zofia Niwińska
Mrs. Laura

Halina Drohocka
Lalunia

Aleksandra Śląska
Oberaufseherin

Maria Kaniewska
Rapportführerin
Janina Marisówna
Aufseherin
Władysław Brochwicz
Lagerkommandant

Edward Dziewoński
Lagerarzt
Kazimierz Pawłowski
Gestapo Head

Zygmunt Chmielewski
Dignitary
Crews

Wanda Jakubowska
Director
Roman Palester
Original Music Composer
Tadeusz Zając
Lighting Director
Gerda Schneider
Screenplay
Jan Radlicz
Sound
Roman Mann
Production Design
Andrzej Ancuta
Camera Operator

Wanda Jakubowska
Screenplay
Zdzisław Górzyński
Conductor

Czesław Piaskowski
Production Design

Karol Chodura
Camera Operator
Lidia Pstrokońska
Editor

Jan Rybkowski
Art Direction

Leonard Księżak
Sound Assistant
Zbigniew Niemczynowski
Second Assistant Director
Mieczysław Wajnberger
Production Manager
Kazimiera Narkiewicz
Makeup Designer

Jerzy Kawalerowicz
First Assistant Director

Boris Monastyrsky
Director of Photography
Marceli Matraszek
Assistant Camera
Marian Lis
Pyrotechnician

Tadeusz Karwański
Unit Manager
Wilhelm Hollender
Unit Manager
Backdrops & Posters







