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)
An unforgettable and harrowing depiction of the last days of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the invading German Nazis, Kanał follows a band of surviving Polish Home Army soldiers who take to the sewers to avoid capture. Wajda’s second feature is both a thrilling WWII adventure and a vivid, melancholic testament to lives lost and martyr heroes born. Kanał remains strikingly fresh in conceit and execution, and presents Wajda’s most potent mixture of lyricism and horror. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
Teresa Izewska
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
The Depot of the Dead (1958)
Tadeusz Janczar
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Landscape After Battle (1970)
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
Poland
Emil Karewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Canal (1957)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Vladek Sheybal
Poland
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Last Valley (1971)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Jan Englert
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
Canal (1957)
Kazimierz Kutz
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Mister T. (2019)
A Generation (1955)
Roman Polański
France
Wladyslaw Kowalski
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Szpital przemienienia (1978)
Canal (1957)
Ryszard Filipski
Poland
Adam Pawlikowski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Canal (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
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
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Pierścień księżnej Anny (1970)
Janina Jabłonowska
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Real End of the Great War (1957)