Shadow

May 1, 1956

1h 38m

★ 6.2

Overview

A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.

Genres

Crime

Drama

War

Production Companies

Zespół Filmowy Kadr

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Cast

Knyszyn

Zygmunt Kęstowicz

Karbowski

Adolf Chronicki

Jasiczka

Emil Karewicz

"Shadow" Biskupik

Ignacy Machowski

Mikula

Tadeusz Jurasz

Railwayman

Bolesław Płotnicki

Officer

Bohdan Ejmont

Stefan

Marian Łącz

Peasant

Zdzisław Szymański

Village Woman

Halina Przybylska

Lt. Antoni

Antoni Jurasz

Underground Soldier

Wiesław Gołas

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