Directed by:
Feliks FalkScreenplay:
Feliks FalkCinematography:
Piotr ŚliskowskiComposer:
Bartłomiej GliniakCast:
Sara Knothe, Urszula Grabowska, Joachim Paul Assböck, Kinga Preis, Izabela Kuna, Ryszard Barycz, Stanisława Celińska, Monika Kwiatkowska, Halina Labonarska (more)Plots(1)
The main character Joanna (Urszula Grabowska), waiting in vain for a letter from her husband who is in an Oflag, gives shelter to a little Jewish girl whose mother was caught during a round-up. Thus she becomes burdened with a secret she cannot reveal to anyone, even to her relatives. Joanna knows that she cannot keep Rose with her as she is already under observation, but she fails to find a hiding spot for Rose and is forced to become the lover of a German officer in return for protection. Forced by necessity, she has to cooperate with her enemies, becoming a traitor in the eyes of "her people". The final, symbolic image is suggestive - in a tearful and religious manner - of the fact that sheltering little Roza was Joanna's personal torture referring to Golgotha. However, the deeper meaning of that story is perverse and bitter: hiding the child was even more dangerous because of Joanna's "own people", mutually controlling the patriotic decency. (3Kino Fest)
(more)Cast
Sara Knothe
Poland
Best movies:
Joanna (2010)
Urszula Grabowska
Poland
Best movies:
Joanna (2010)
Carte Blanche (2015)
Świadek koronny (2007)
Joachim Paul Assböck
West Germany
Best movies:
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The Pianist (2002)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Kinga Preis
Poland
Best movies:
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Hatred (2016)
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Izabela Kuna
Poland
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Ryszard Barycz
Poland
Best movies:
Joanna (2010)
The Ashes (1965)
Persona Non Grata (2005)
Stanisława Celińska
Poland
Monika Kwiatkowska
Poland
Best movies:
Joanna (2010)
Sara (1997)
The Closed Circuit (2013)
Halina Labonarska
Poland
Best movies:
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A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Man of Iron (1981)
Mieczyslaw Grabka
Poland
Best movies:
Joanna (2010)
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Vinci (2004)
Stanislaw Penksyk
Poland
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Joanna (2010)
Sara (1997)
Leszek Piskorz
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Michal Breitenwald
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Hope (2007)
Andrzej Konopka
Poland
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The Peasants (2023)
Duże zwierzę (2000)
Klaudiusz Kaufmann
Poland
Best movies:
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Joanna (2010)
Spies of Warsaw (2013) (series)