The Cathedral

Mar 24, 2002

0h 6m

★ 6.8

Overview

The Cathedral (Polish: Katedra) is a 2002 short animated science fiction movie by Tomasz Bagiński, based on a short story by Jacek Dukaj, winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2000. The film was nominated in 2002 for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the 75th Academy Awards.

Genres

Science Fiction

Animation

Production Companies

Vision Film

Platige Image

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Cast

Voice

Jola Rzebuska

Voice

Maria Kucharska

Voice

Marcin Jaskowski

Voice

Piotr Widlarz

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7.0

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The Cathedral

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