Directed by:
Wieslaw SaniewskiScreenplay:
Wieslaw SaniewskiCinematography:
Witold AdamekComposer:
Przemysław GintrowskiCast:
Ewa Blaszczyk, Teresa Sawicka, Grazyna Szapolowska, Gabriela Kownacka, Justyna Kulczycka, Ewa Szykulska, Elżbieta Zającówna, Ewa Dalkowska, Adam Ferency (more)Plots(1)
The year is 1967. The prison gates clang shut behind a young woman, Klara (Ewa Błaszczyk), sentenced for embezzlement to the excessively harsh punishment of life imprisonment. In prison it turns out Klara is pregnant. Despite the hopelessness of her situation, she decides to give birth to the baby, despite being fully aware that the child will be taken away from her and brought up without its mother. Nevertheless, the birth of her daughter becomes Klara’s last chance to escape from despair. The child becomes her only hope. The film, based on a true story, is a shockingly authentic record of the life of a woman whom an unfair sentence throws into the brutal world behind prison walls. A psychological drama about the limits of human freedom, justice and the relations between the individual and society. (Warsaw Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ewa Blaszczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Hanussen (1988)
Planet Single (2016)
Nothing Funny (1995)
Teresa Sawicka
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Histoires d´amour (1997)
The Girl from the Wardrobe (2012)
Grazyna Szapolowska
Poland
Best movies:
Karol : L'homme qui devint Pape (2005) (TV movie)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
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Gabriela Kownacka
Poland
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Hanussen (1988)
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Justyna Kulczycka
Poland
Best movies:
Index (1977)
Ewa Szykulska
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Hit the Bank (1981)
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Elżbieta Zającówna
Poland
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Hit the Bank (1981)
Sexmission (1983)
Ewa Dalkowska
Poland
Best movies:
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Adam Ferency
Poland
Best movies:
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Blind Chance (1981)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Malgorzata Pieczynska
Poland
Best movies:
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Piłkarski poker (1989)
Big Love (2012)
Ewa Ziętek
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Day of the Wacko (2002)
Spiral (1978)
Włodzimierz Bednarski
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Potop (1974)
Canal (1957)
Dagmara Foniok
Czechoslovakia
Marek Frackowiak
Poland
Best movies:
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Pigs (1992)
Popieluszko (2009)
Alfred Freudenheim
Italy
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
Top Dog (1978)
Camouflage (1976)
Jan Frycz
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
Big Shar (1982)
How I Became a Gangster. True Story (2019)
Michal Tarkowski
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
The Illumination (1972)
Top Dog (1978)
Anna Romantowska
Poland
Best movies:
Interrogation (1982)
Solidarność, Solidarność... (2005)
Sztuka kochania (1989)
Malgorzata Rozniatowska
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
The Debt (1999)
Krystyna Kolodziejczyk
Poland
Best movies:
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1985)
The Peasants (1973)