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Oct 4 1992 N/A 1h 26m
Drama, War

The laundress working at the doctor's house agrees to take her daughter out of the ghetto for a fee and get her settled with her family in the countryside. The old woman's attitude to the Jews is ambivalent but the action is unambiguous.

Plot

Set in 1942, film opens with an Aryan washerwoman arrival to the Warsaw's ghetto. The Jewish wife she worked for before the war hires her to take her young daughter to the countryside until the war is over. Realizing she has the upperhand, the maid is rude and overbearing with her former employer, allowing the desperate woman to shower her with gifts and money before she'll take the child away. Later, they leave by train, but it's stopped, and they have to proceed on foot. By this time, the innocent youngster begun to charm her companion, so by the time they are stopped by German patrol, the woman is prepared to risk her life for the child.

Written by

Anna Stronska

Directed by

Jan Lomnicki

Production Countries

Poland

Production Companies

Studio Filmowe Kadr

Languages

Polski

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
117
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA