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In Darkness

2011 · 145 min

A harrowing, claustrophobic descent into survival, where flickering darkness and moral ambiguity keep you tense and heartsick throughout.

Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska
Overview
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied city of Lviv. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lviv (formerly Poland).

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Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
Genres
Drama, War
Starring
Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • isolation
  • morality
  • grief
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
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Written by
David F. Shamoon
Starring
Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup, Marcin Bosak, Julia Kijowska, Jerzy Walczak
Cinematography
Jolanta Dylewska
Runtime
145 min
Country
Poland, Germany, Canada
Languages
Polish, German, Ukrainian, French

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