Holy Week (film)
{{short description|1995 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Holy Week
| image = Holy Week (film) Walkuski1.jpg
| caption =
| director = Andrzej Wajda
| producer = Lew Rywin
| writer = Jerzy Andrzejewski
Andrzej Wajda
| starring = Beata Fudalej
| music =
| cinematography = Wit Dąbal
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1995|11|6|df=yes}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| budget =
}}
Holy Week ({{langx|pl|Wielki tydzień}}) is a 1995 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/03_preistr_ger_1996/03_Preistraeger_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1996 Prize Winners |access-date=1 January 2012 |work=berlinale.de}}
Plot
The film takes place in 1943 in occupied Warsaw. Irena Lilien, a young Jewish woman, hides with her friends. Taken by two Gestapo agents, she bribes them. On the street, she meets her ex-fiancé who takes her to his apartment. The presence of a Jewish woman gives rise to various attitudes among Poles living in the tenement house.
Cast
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- Beata Fudalej as Irena Lilien
- Wojciech Malajkat as Jan Malecki
- Magdalena Warzecha as Anna Malecka
- Bożena Dykiel{{cite web|title=Bozena Dykiel|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245859/?ref_=tt_cl_t4|website=IMDb|accessdate=20 December 2016}} as Mrs. Piotrowska
- Cezary Pazura as Piotrowski
- Wojciech Pszoniak as Zamojski
- Agnieszka Kotulanka as Karska
- Artur Barciś as Zaleski
- Krzysztof Stroiński{{cite web|title=Krzysztof Stroinski|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834847/?ref_=tt_cl_t9|website=IMDb|accessdate=20 December 2016}} as Osipowicz
- Michal Pawlicki as Irena's Father
- Maria Seweryn{{cite web|title=Maria Seweryn|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786615/?ref_=tt_cl_t11|website=IMDb|accessdate=20 December 2016}} as Marta
- Tomasz Preniasz-Strus as Wladek
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References
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External links
- {{imdb title|id=0114934|title=Holy Week}}
{{Andrzej Wajda}}
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Category:1990s Polish-language films
Category:Films directed by Andrzej Wajda
Category:Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution
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