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Kanal (1957)
AKAs:
Canal (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Kanal (Poland)
Kanal (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050585/
Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/528
Director: Andrzej Wajda
http://www.criterion.com/films/921
Film Description: '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.
Format: NTSC
DVD9: 7.64 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: Polish
Subtitles: English
Time: 96 minutes
Disc Features:
# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Andrzej Wajda: On Kanal, a 27-minute exclusive new interview with the director, assistant director Janusz Morgenstern, and film critic Jerzy Plazewski.
# Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw, a new 28-minute interview by Wajda of a Warsaw Uprising insider.
# Rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, and posters.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
Part of 3-Disc Collector's set 'Andrzej Wajda: Three War Films':
A Generation
Andrzej Wajda, 1955
Kanal
Andrzej Wajda, 1957
'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 Nazis through the sewers of Warsaw. Kanal was the first film about the Warsaw Uprising.
Ashes and Diamonds
Andrzej Wajda, 1958
On the last day of World War II, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this incendiary environment, we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki, who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar.
DVD Studio: Criterion
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