In Darkness (Polish: W ciemności) is a 2011 Polish drama film written by David F. Shamoon and directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
Based on true events during German occupation of Poland, the film tells about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker in the Polish city of Lwów. He used his knowledge of the city's sewer system to shelter a group of Jews who had escaped from the Lwów Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland.
Directed by
Agnieszka Holland
Written by
David F. Shamoon (based on In the Sewers of Lvov by Robert Marshall)
Produced by
Andrzej Besztak
Steffen Reuter
Patrick Knippel
Marc-Daniel Dichant
Leander Carell
Juliusz Machulski
Paul Stephens
Eric Jordan
Starring
Robert Więckiewicz
Benno Fürmann
Maria Schrader
Herbert Knaup
Cinematography
Jolanta Dylewska
Edited by
Mike Czarnecki
Music by
Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
Production companies
Zebra Films, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv, the Film Works
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics
5 авг 2021
