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Kanał

1957 · Released · 95 min · Poland · Polish

Drama War

Kanał (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkanaw], The Sewer) is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a group of Polish resistance fighters and civilians escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. Adapted from the story "They Loved Life" by Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Kanał was the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by A Generation and followed by Ashes and Diamonds. The film was the winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.

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Also known as

Deutsch
Der Kanal
Español
Kanal
Français
Ils aimaient la vie
Italiano
I dannati di Varsavia
日本語
地下水道
한국어
카날

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