A Grain of Truth

Jan 9, 2015

1h 56m

★ 6.3

Overview

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in southeast Poland Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of antiSemitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of PolishJewish relations and real findings of his work that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Studio Rewers

Aeroplan

Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny

Telewizja Polska

Agora

Arttech Cinema

A Grain of Truth Trailers

Cast

Teodor Szacki

Robert Więckiewicz

Leon Wilczur

Jerzy Trela

Barbara Sobieraj

Magdalena Walach

Klara

Aleksandra Hamkało

Grzegorz Budnik

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Jerzy Szyller

Andrzej Zieliński

Roman Myszyński

Modest Ruciński

Rabin Zygmunt

Zohar Shtrauss

Maria Miszczyk

Iwona Bielska

Mężczyzna w katedrze

Philip Lenkowsky

Janek Wiewiórski

Arkadiusz Jakubik

Gąsiorowski

Lech Dyblik

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