The true story of Leopold Soha, he risked
his life to save a group of Jewish men, women and children. In the beginning, he’s only interested
in their money and property. He’s
a thief and burglar but he becomes drawn into hiding this group for 14 months
in the sewers of Lvov in the former Poland. They all lived in the ghetto but a few of the men dug
through the floor of one of the rooms to the sewer. When the Nazi’s came
through the ghetto killing everyone, many people went into the sewer. Soha realized right away that he could
not provide food for so many and established a dozen as feasible.
In Darkness is a very apt name for this
film, everything is dark except outside the sewer. It’s winter and the ground is covered with snow and it is
somewhat dark there too. This film made my eyes tired because of the sharp contrast between dark and light and the subject is tough too. 3* (This movie is OK)
145 min, Drama directed by Agnieszka
Holland with Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochwska, Maria
Schrader, Herbert Knaup.
Note: Blockbuster 4 ½*, imdb 7.1, 90% critic 82% audience
on Rotten Tomatoes.
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