The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Captain Witold Pilecki was a Polish intelligence officer during WWII who volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned in the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to gather intelligence and enable the Polish government-in-exile to inform the allies about the ongoing Holocaust in occupied Poland. The film also tells the story of Witold Pilecki’s fate at the hands of the Communist government after the end of WWII. The film is a reconstruction of the trial which took place in Warsaw during the communist regime in Poland. Captain Pilecki described his investigation as more cruel than his stay at Auschwitz.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Ryszard BugajskiDirector
- Ryszard BugajskiWriter
- Paweł SzymańskiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marek ProboszRotmistrz Witold Pilecki
- Marek KalitaSędzia podpułkownik Jan Hryckowian
- Andrzej NiemirskiMajor Czesław Łapiński
- Jacek RozenekPułkownik UB Józef Różański
- Andrzej CzernikGenerał Władysław Anders
- Gabriela MuskałaMaria Pilecka
- Jan MonczkaProkurator pułkownik Stanisław Zarakowski
- Aleksandra KoniecznaStanisława Hryckowian
- Łukasz SimlatTadeusz Płużański
- Agnieszka MandatLeokadia Płużańska
- Krzysztof BieńMecenas Lech Buszkowski
- Anna GornostajMecenas Alicja Pintarowa
Stills
Themes
communismhistorical drama1940spost-war poland