Poland / Germany,
1990, 90 min
Directed by:
Krzysztof ZanussiCinematography:
Edward KlosinskiComposer:
Wojciech KilarCast:
Christoph Waltz, Edward Zentara, Artur Barciś, Tadeusz Bradecki, Gustaw Lutkiewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Andrzej Szczepkowski, Krzysztof Kowalewski (more)Plots(1)
After the war a man tries to piece together the story of Father Maximilian Kolbe who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. Based on the real priest, who later became a catholic saint (1894-1941). (MUBI)
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