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Kanal

Kanal (1961)Cast and Crew

Movie"The Claustrophobic Nightmare of War"

Cast

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Teresa Iżewska
as "Daisy"
T
Tadeusz Janczar
as Cadet Officer "Korab"
W
Wieńczysław Gliński
as Lieutenant "Zadra"
T
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
as Sergeant "Kula"
S
Stanisław Mikulski
as "Smukły"
E
Emil Karewicz
as Lieutenant "Mądry"
V
Vladek Sheybal
as Michał (as Władysław Sheybal)
T
Teresa Berezowska
as Halinka
Z
Zofia Lindorf
as Woman searching for a Daughter
J
Janina Jabłonowska
as Woman shouting at Resistance Members
M
Maria Kretz
as Woman with a torn-off Leg
J
Jan Englert
as "Zefir"
K
Kazimierz Dejunowicz
as Captain "Zabawa"
Z
Zdzisław Leśniak
as "Mały"
M
Maciej Maciejewski
as Lieutenant "Gustaw"
A
Adam Pawlikowski
as German at the Sewer Entrance
W
Włodzimierz Bednarski
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
Z
Zenon Dądajewski
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
R
Ryszard Filipski
as Man in a Manhole (uncredited)
M
Mariusz Gorczyński
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
K
Kazimierz Kutz
as Resistance Member in a Sewer (uncredited)
A
Andrzej Mirecki
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
J
Jerzy Molga
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
R
Roman Polanski
as Resistance Member pushed into a Sewer (uncredited)
R
Ryszard Ronczewski
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
T
Tadeusz Ross
as Resistance Member (uncredited)
E
Ewa Wiśniewska
as Girl giving water to the Resistance (uncredited)
T
Tomasz Witt
as (uncredited)
T
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

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Andrzej Wajda
Director
R
Roman Wołyniec
Assistant Production Design
M
Maria Starzeńska
Assistant Director
J
Jerzy Wójcik
Camera Operator
A
Adam Pawlikowski
Musician
H
Halina Dobrowolska
Assistant Production Design
J
Jerzy Lipman
Director of Photography
K
Kazimierz Kutz
First Assistant Director
J
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Screenplay
J
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Short Story
J
Janusz Morgenstern
Assistant Director
A
Anita Janeczkowa
Assistant Director
J
Józef Bartczak
Sound
H
Halina Sienska
Makeup Artist
J
Jan Krenz
Original Music Composer
S
Stanislaw Adler
Production Manager
R
Roman Mann
Production Design
J
Jerzy Szeski
Costume Design
L
Leonard Mokicz
Set Decoration
H
Halina Nawrocka
Editor
H
Halina Ber
Assistant Makeup Artist
A
Andrzej Gronau
Assistant Camera
A
Aurelia Rut
Assistant Editor
L
Ludwik Hager
Assistant Production Manager
T
Tadeusz Bierczynski
Unit Manager
A
Arkadiusz Orłowski
Unit Manager
Z
Zbigniew Brejtkopf
Unit Manager
C
Czesław Grabowski
Assistant Camera
A
Antoni Tabak
Lighting Technician
I
Ignacy Gaworkiewicz
Construction Foreman
A
Adam Okapiec
Sound Assistant
J
Józef Dąbrowski
Sound Assistant
R
Roman Brański
Sound Assistant

Three War Films Collection

In 1999, Polish director Andrzej Wajda received an Honorary Academy Award for his body of work: more than thirty-five feature films, beginning with A Generation in 1955. Wajda’s next film, Kanal, the first ever made about the Warsaw Uprising, won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and launched Wajda on the path to international renown, a status secured with the release of his masterpiece, Ashes and Diamonds, in 1958. These three groundbreaking films helped usher in the Polish School movement and have often been regarded as a trilogy. But each boldly stands on its own—a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the struggle for personal and national freedom.