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Passenger

Jailer and prisoner… both haunted by the Holocaust.

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

1h 2m1963TMDb 7.3

DramaWar

Polish

Crew and Cast

Andrzej MunkAndrzej MunkDirectorWitold LesiewiczWitold LesiewiczDirectorAleksandra ŚląskaAleksandra ŚląskaLizaAnna CiepielewskaAnna CiepielewskaMartaJanusz BylczyńskiJanusz BylczyńskiCapo
Krzesislawa DubielównaPrisoner
Anna GołębiowskaFemale PrisonerBarbara HorawiankaBarbara HorawiankaNurseAnna JaraczównaAnna JaraczównaCapoMaria KościałkowskaMaria KościałkowskaGuard Inga Weniger
Andrzej KrasickiCommission MemberJan KreczmarJan KreczmarWalterIrena MalkiewiczIrena MalkiewiczOberaufseherin MadelIzabela OlszewskaIzabela OlszewskaPrisonerLeon PietraszkiewiczLeon PietraszkiewiczLagerkommandant GrabnerKazimierz RudzkiKazimierz RudzkiCommission Member
Wanda Swaryczewska
Zdzisław SzymborskiSS-ManMarek WalczewskiMarek WalczewskiTadeuszBarbara WałkównaBarbara WałkównaCapoTadeusz ŁomnickiTadeusz ŁomnickiNarrator (voice)Maria CiesielskaMaria CiesielskaElżbieta CzyżewskaElżbieta CzyżewskaPrisoner
Anna DyrkaPrisoner
Stanisław NiwińskiPrisoner (uncreditedAdam PerzykAdam PerzykPrisoner-Painter (uncreditedSylwester PrzedwojewskiSylwester PrzedwojewskiGuardBogusław SochnackiBogusław SochnackiDeath Row GuardMaria WachowiakMaria WachowiakPrisonerStanisław ZaczykStanisław ZaczykTadeusz (voice)

Storyline

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

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Info

Original title
Pasażerka
Status
Released
Released
20 September 1963
Runtime
1h 2m
TMDB score
7.3 / 10 (70 votes)

Production

Director
Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz
Writers
Zofia Posmysz, Andrzej Munk
Studios
Zespół Filmowy "Kamera"
Countries
Poland

Languages

Original
Polish
Spoken
Polish