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Holy Week

Directed by Andrzej Wajda

Poland-Germany-France | 97 minutes | 1995

Polish with English subtitles

As the Warsaw Ghetto burns, a Jewish woman seeks sanctuary with a former boyfriend on the Christian side of the city. Andrzej Wajda’s adaptation of Jerzy Andrzejewski’s short story Holy Week is an inquiry into the relationship between Polish Christians and Polish Jews during World War II. If Jan hides Irena in his home, he will be committing a crime for which the sentence in Nazi-occupied Poland is death for the perpetrator and his family. His humanitarian nature still shines through, and the two forge a tense but caring new chapter in their deeply rooted relationship.
Foreign Title Wielki Tydzien
Director Andrzej Wajda
Countries of Production Poland-Germany-France
Year of Presentation 1995
Language(s) Polish with English subtitles
Premiere Status
Runtime 97 minutes
Principal Cast Beata Fudalej, Wojciech Malajkat, Magdalena Warzecha, Bozena Dykiel
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