In darkness /
From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the t...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Polish |
| Language Notes: | Primarily in Polish ; includes some dialogue in German, Yiddish, and Ukrainian. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017). Based on the book "In the sewers of Lvov" by Robert Marshall. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (143 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 02:23:23 |
| Awards: | Nominated 2012 Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year |