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Shadow

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Original title

Cien (Shadow)

Year

1956

Running time

98 min.

Country

Poland

Director

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Screenwriter

Aleksander Scibor-Rylski. Plot: Aleksander Scibor-Rylski

Cast

Music

Andrzej Markowski

Cinematography

Jerzy Lipman (B&W)

Producer

WFF Wroclaw, Grupo Kadr

Genre

Drama. Action. Thriller | Trains / Subways

Synopsis

The plot consists of a Rashōmon-like investigation into the life of a man found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, policemen and a medical examiner begin to piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war and one in contemporary Poland. In each, the victim seems to have been a mysterious, ambiguous presence, of shifting loyalties and suspicious connections, who invariably set himself against the ruling powers of the time. Critics of the day attacked the film for its depiction of a world rife with secret agents and hidden enemies - a favorite Stalinist theme - yet the film seems rather to insist on how heroism or villainy are so often matters of point of view and timing.

Awards: 1956: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film

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Shadow

1956

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

6.8

(29)