Synopsis
Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Wanda JakubowskaDirector
- Roman PalesterOriginal Music Composer
- Gerda SchneiderScreenplay
- Wanda JakubowskaScreenplay
Cast
- Wanda BartównaHelena
- Huguette FagetMichele
- Tatyana GuretskayaEugenia
- Antonina Gordon-GóreckaAnna
- Mariya VinogradovaNadia
- Barbara DrapińskaMarta
- Barbara FijewskaAnielka
- Maria Anna RedlichównaUrszula
- Alina JanowskaDessa
- Zofia MrozowskaGypsy Woman
- Stanisław ZaczykTadek
- Stefan ŚródkaBronek
Stills
Themes
holocaust (shoah)world war iiauschwitz-birkenau concentration campconcentration camp prisonerbased on true storysemi-documentarywoman directorcommunistspolish history