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Kanal

Kanal

1957, Movie, 1h 36min

“Watch them closely, for these are the last hours of their lives,” announces a narrator, foretelling the tragedy that unfolds as a war-ravaged company of Home Army resistance fighters tries to escape the Nazi onslaught through the sewers of Warsaw. Determined to survive, the men and women slog through the hellish labyrinth, piercing the darkness with the strength of their individual spirits. Based on true events, KANAL was the first film ever made about the Warsaw Uprising and brought director Andrzej Wajda to the attention of international audiences, earning the Special Jury Prize in Cannes in 1957.

Country: Poland

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Roman Polanski,

Tadeusz Łomnicki,

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You can stream Kanal on: The Criterion Channel

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Kanal include The Last Blitzkrieg, The Longest Day, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Wings of Eagles, Spartacus, From Here to Eternity.

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Kanal was released in theaters on May 9, 1961.