Passenger

Pasażerka

dir. Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz/Poland/1963/62 min.

In director Andrzej Munk's unfinished and incomplete documentary and Holocaust war drama, only about an hour long, using only still photographic images in the unshot scenes - assembled by the director's assistant Witold Lesiewicz. A former guard (Aleksandra Slaska) in the women's section of Auschwitz encounters a passenger on a cruise ship (Anna Ciepielewska) who was one of her prisoners. This sets off a series of flashbacks concerning those terrible days, and the struggle of wills that took place between prisoner and guard.

The film is presented at the festival without English subtitles.

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projection time:

62 min.
country/year:

Poland /1963
director:

Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz
original language of the film:

Polish
pictures:

Krzysztof Winiewicz
editor:

Zofia Dwornik
production:

Wilhelm Hollender / Zespół Filmowy „Kamera”
festivals and awards:

1963 – Warsaw Mermaid Award, 1964 – Cannes IFF: FIPRESCI Award and Special Jury Honourable Mention, 1964 – Los Alamos International Film and Culture Festival: Best Performance Award for Anna Ciepielewska, 1964 – Venice IFF: Italian Journalist Association Award, 1964 – Polish State Award of the 2nd degree for Aleksandra Śląska, 1965 – Finland Critics Association Award