Holy Week (1995)
During the Nazi era, a Jewish woman on the run takes a trolley which passes near the Warsaw ghetto, where the uprising battle is taking place, and some passengers are struck by stray bullets. They take temporary refuge in an empty building, and there she has a chance meeting with her ex-fiancé. He offers to put her up--that is, hide her--for a few days. He's now married, a professional who lives in an idyllic suburb reached by a trolley that runs through the woods. His wife seems more committed to putting up the fugitive than he is. The story involves the neighbors, the building owner who avoids involvement and seeks solace in classic poetry, and the super and his suspicious wife.
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Writer:
Andrzej Wajda
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Beata Fudalej as Irena Lilien |
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Wojciech Malajkat as Jan Malecki |
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Magdalena Warzecha as Anna Malecka |
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Jakub Przebindowski as Julek Malecki |
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Bożena Dykiel as Piotrowska |
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Cezary Pazura as Józef Piotrowski |
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Wojciech Pszoniak as Councilman Zamojski |
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Agnieszka Kotulanka as Karska |
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Artur Barciś as Zaleski |
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Krzysztof Stroiński as Osipowicz |
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Michał Pawlicki as Irena's Father |
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Maria Seweryn as Ms. Marta |
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Tomasz Preniasz-Struś as Władek |
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Andrzej Szenajch as |
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Radosław Pazura as |
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Norbert Rakowski as |
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Agnieszka Buczek as Caretaker |
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Andrzej Brzeski as Jan's Boss |
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Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel as |
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Dawid Wójcik as Włodek Karski |
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Maria Skowron as Tereska Karska |
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Agnieszka Mirowska-Tomaszewska as Secretary |
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Paweł Iwanicki as |
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Maciej Syta as Man |
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Krzyś Stanczykiewicz as Wacek's Mate |
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Artur Janusiak as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
| Art | Ewa Braun | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wiesława Starska | Costume Design |
| Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Dziewulska | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Wanda Zeman | Editor |
| Production | Lew Rywin | Producer |
| Camera | Wit Dąbal | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Magdalena Szwarcbart | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Krzysztof Grabowski | Sound |
| Production | Maciej Skalski | Post Producer |
| Writing | Jerzy Andrzejewski | Short Story |
| Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay |