This is 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 Ukraine. 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 number.
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, Roger Ebert 2 1/2*,
Metacritic 74 out of 100 with 36 critics reviews (positive 31, mixed 4,
negative 1), 7.1 out of 10 with 23 user scores (positive 14, mixed 8,
negative 1), The Guardian 4* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, Letterboxd 3.5*
out of 5*, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 314 reviews.
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