Apr 28th 

In Darkness** (15)                                
(Ipswich Film Theatre)

Ger/Pol/Can 2011. Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv/The Film Works/Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej. 145m.

In Lvov in World War II, a Polish sewer worker is paid to bring food and supplies to Jews hiding underground, and gradually becomes sympathetic to their plight.
A slightly grittier, more harrowing variation on Schindler's List, a little hard to follow in the darkness of the sewers, and a little overlong, but powerfully evoked and performed.

Written by: David F. Shamoom, from the book "In the Sewers of Lvov" by Robert Marshall.
Producers: Wohciech Danowski, Leander Carell, Patrick Knippel, Juliusz Machulski, Steffen Reuter.
Director: Agnieska Holland.
Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Kinga Preiss, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Maria Schrader.
Photography: Jolanta Dylewska.
Music: Antoni Lazarkiewicz.