CANAL
(KANAL)



1957, 91', Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Andrzej Wajda
SCRIPT:
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Jerzy Lipman
MUSIC:
Jan Krenz
EDITING:
Halina Nawrocka
SOUND:
Jozef Bartczak
PRODUCED BY:
KADR Film Studio

Cast: Teresa Izewska ("Daisy," liaison officer), Tadeusz Janczar ("Korab," Corporal), Wienczyslaw Glinski ("Zadra," Lieutenant), Stanislaw Mikulski ("Slender"), Emil Karewicz ("Smart," Lieutenant)

In September of 1944, during the last days of the Warsaw Uprising, Lieutenant Zadra finds himself commanding a platoon of 43 soldiers in a desperate battle amidst the ruins of the city's Mokotów district. Facing a strong German offensive and cut off from fellow soldiers, Zadra is ordered to take his platoon and retreat through the sewers (kanal in Polish) to the downtown district. Reluctant to admit defeat, but determined to survive, the men and women of the platoon slog through the hellish labyrinth, only to become separated. At the center of the hellish journey are Daisy and Corporal Korab who rally and encourage one another to continue the trek despite the desperation and doom than surrounds them. They finally reach the Vistula River only to find out the iron gate which locks the sewer.

Monday, November 5, 2007 at 7:00 pm. (GALLERY THEATRE)