In Darkness

2h 25m 2011

Brief Synopsis

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Based on a true story about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland. One day he encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the

Cast & Crew

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Agnieszka Holland

Director

Robert Wieckiewicz

Benno Fürmann

Agnieszka Grochowska

Maria Schrader

Herbert Knaup

Film Details

Also Known As
En la oscuridad, Hidden, In Darkness - Eine wahre Geschichte, Sous terre, varos alatt, A
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Period
War
Release Date
2011
Production Company
Beta Film ; Deutscher Filmförderfonds ; German Federal Film Board ; Harold Greenberg Fund ; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Gmbh ; Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung ; Mongrel Media ; Rogers Telefund
Distribution Company
MONGREL MEDIA/M+TROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS; Sony Pictures Classics; Alta Films ; Bir Film ; Champs Lis International ; Edko Films ; Kino Swiat International ; Lev Films ; Metrodome Distribution ; Mongrel Media ; Mongrel Media ; Métropole Films Distribution ; Métropole Films Distribution ; NFP Marketing & Distribution ; September Film Distribution ; Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ; Tiglon A.S. ; Vertigo Media, Ltd. ; Warner Bros. Pictures Germany ; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Location
Berlin, Germany; Lodz, Poland; Warsaw, Poland; Leipzig, Germany

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 25m

Synopsis

Based on a true story about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland. One day he encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. A story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.

Director

Agnieszka Holland

Director

Cast

Robert Wieckiewicz

Benno Fürmann

Agnieszka Grochowska

Maria Schrader

Herbert Knaup

Marcin Bosak

Julia Kijowska

Jerzy Walczak

Kinga Preis

Krzysztof Skonieczny

Michal Zurawski

Crew

Kasia Adamik

Unit Director

Adam Bajerski

Camera

John Buchan

Casting

Leander Carell

Producer

Michal Czarnecki

Editor

Wojciech Danowski

Executive Producer

Marc-daniel Dichant

Producer

Jolanta Dylewska

Director Of Photography

Christoph Fisser

Executive Producer

Rob Fletcher

Sound Department

Jagna Janicka

Costume Designer

Eric Jordan

Producer

Jason Knight

Casting

Patrick Knippel

Producer

Antoni Lazarkiewicz

Music Composer

Katarzyna Lewinska

Costume Designer

Juliusz Machulski

Producer

Heta Mantscheff

Casting

Robert Marshall

Source Material

Weronika Migon

Casting

Piotr Niemyjski

Camera

Daniel Pellerin

Sound Design

Erwin Prib

Production Designer

Steffen Reuter

Producer

David. F Shamoon

Screenplay

David. F Shamoon

Executive Producer

Marcel Slawinski

Art Director

Katarzyna Sobanska

Art Director

Paul Stephens

Producer

Carl Woebcken

Executive Producer

Anna Maria Zundel

Executive Producer

Film Details

Also Known As
En la oscuridad, Hidden, In Darkness - Eine wahre Geschichte, Sous terre, varos alatt, A
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Period
War
Release Date
2011
Production Company
Beta Film ; Deutscher Filmförderfonds ; German Federal Film Board ; Harold Greenberg Fund ; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Gmbh ; Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung ; Mongrel Media ; Rogers Telefund
Distribution Company
MONGREL MEDIA/M+TROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS; Sony Pictures Classics; Alta Films ; Bir Film ; Champs Lis International ; Edko Films ; Kino Swiat International ; Lev Films ; Metrodome Distribution ; Mongrel Media ; Mongrel Media ; Métropole Films Distribution ; Métropole Films Distribution ; NFP Marketing & Distribution ; September Film Distribution ; Sony Pictures Classics ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ; Tiglon A.S. ; Vertigo Media, Ltd. ; Warner Bros. Pictures Germany ; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Location
Berlin, Germany; Lodz, Poland; Warsaw, Poland; Leipzig, Germany

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 25m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2011

Released in United States on Video June 12, 2012

Limited Release in United States Winter December 9, 2011

Released in United States on Video June 12, 2012

Limited Release in United States Winter December 9, 2011 (Los Angeles & New York City)

Released in United States 2012

Released in United States 2011 (the "Show")

Based on the book, "In the Sewers of Lvov: A Heroic Story of Survival from the Holocaust," by Robert Marshall, published by Scribner in September 2009.

Released in United States 2012 (Awards Buzz : Best Foreign Language Film)

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