Holy Week

Story

Synopsis

During the Nazi era, a Jewish woman on the run takes a trolley which passes near the Warsaw ghetto, where the uprising battle is taking place, and some passengers are struck by stray bullets. They take temporary refuge in an empty building, and there she has a chance meeting with her ex-fiancé. He offers to put her up--that is, hide her--for a few days. He's now married, a professional who lives in an idyllic suburb reached by a trolley that runs through the woods. His wife seems more committed to putting up the fugitive than he is. The story involves the neighbors, the building owner who avoids involvement and seeks solace in classic poetry, and the super and his suspicious wife.

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Writers

Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski

Language

Polish

Country

Poland

Release date

1 March 1996

Ensemble

Cast

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  Beata Fudalej

  Irena Lilien

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  Wojciech Malajkat

  Jan Malecki

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  Magdalena Warzecha

  Anna Malecka

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  Jakub Przebindowski

  Julek Malecki

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  Bożena Dykiel

  Piotrowska

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  Cezary Pazura

  Józef Piotrowski

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  Wojciech Pszoniak

  Councilman Zamojski

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  Agnieszka Kotulanka

  Karska

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  Artur Barciś

  Zaleski

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  Krzysztof Stroiński

  Osipowicz

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  Michał Pawlicki

  Irena's Father

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  Maria Seweryn

  Ms. Marta