In Darkness (2011 film)

In Darkness ( German: In the darkness, Polish Original title: W ciemności ) is a film drama about the Holocaust of Polish director Agnieszka Holland from 2011 The screenplay is based on the book In the Sewers of Lvov by Robert Marshall and the memories of Krystyna Chriger. entitled the girl in the green sweater. At the Academy Awards in 2012, the film was nominated for "Best Foreign Film ".

Action

The film tells the story of the Jewish family Chiger and a group of Jews who escaped the ghetto and seek shelter in the Lvov sewer. The Polish sewer worker Leopold Socha (played by Robert Więckiewicz ) helps them initially out of greed, but then out of compassion.

Reviews

Wolfgang Martin Harm village ruled for Germany radio culture: " In Darkness is not a film showing his protagonists in moral light-dark contrasts. He tells impressively over human survivability, about hope in the hopelessness. "

" Director Agnieszka Holland directed the merciless wobble in the underground as an oppressive nightmare game, complete with naturalistic interludes but also in trashy -like realms. Overall, her film as an emotional roller coaster ride seems more than an intellectual penetration of Polish history and will always be, if he lets his nightmarish plane behind, for weak copy of an unfathomable reality. "

Background

Filming began on January 25, 2010, and lasted until April 1st. The film was shot in the old town of Piotrków, Łódź, Warsaw, Berlin and Leipzig. The German version was produced by TV Synchron Berlin.

World Premiere of the film was 2 September 2011 at the Telluride Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado / USA. In the rental he came in January 2012 Sony Pictures Classics for U.S., Canada, at their exclusive partner Mongrel Media and worldwide Beta Cinema, Oberhaching near Munich. Theatrical release in Germany on February 9, 2012.

The film is dedicated to Marek Edelman, one of the leaders of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943.

Awards

On 18 January 2012, the AMPAS announced that it has In Darkness as one of nine candidates put on the short list for an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, January 24, 2012, she announced that the film is one of five nominated is. Other awards and nominations:

  • 2011: Audience Award at the St. Louis International Film Festival
  • 2012: Academy Award nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film
  • 2012: first prize of the Gdynia Film Festival
  • 2012: Polish Film Awards in the categories of Best Actor (Robert Więckiewicz ), Best Supporting Actress ( Kinga price) and Best Cinematography
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