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A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
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| Release Date | 1958-10-03 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Directors | Jerzy Wójcik, Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Wróbel, Jan Włodarczyk, Anita Janeczkowa, Janusz Morgenstern |
| Producer | |
| Writers | Jerzy Andrzejewski, Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Andrzejewski |
There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel claustophobic. I admit, though, it's a tad dated.
— badelf
There are so many great things about how this movie is made - the directing, the shots, the tonal quality, and the pacing. Probably most brilliant of all is how the total makes the viewer feel claustrophobic. I admit, though, it's a tad dated.
— badelf