Kanal

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"Kanal" is a 1957 Polish war film directed by Andrzej Wajda that portrays the tragic fate of Home Army soldiers during the final days of the Warsaw Uprising.

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Kanal canonical 5
Kanał 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish war film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Jury Special Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
basedOn story by Jerzy Stefan Stawiński ⓘ
castMember Emil Karewicz ⓘ
Tadeusz Janczar ⓘ
Teresa Izewska ⓘ
Vladek Sheybal ⓘ
Wienczysław Gliński ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jerzy Lipman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
depicts Home Army soldiers ⓘ
linked to: Home Army

Polish resistance ⓘ
sewers of Warsaw ⓘ
director Andrzej Wajda ⓘ
distributor KADR ⓘ
editedBy Halina Prugar-Ketling ⓘ
filmFestivalEntry 1957 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
filmingLocation Poland ⓘ
followedBy Ashes and Diamonds ⓘ
follows A Generation ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasOriginalTitle Kanał ⓘ
linked to: Kanal
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
musicBy Jan Krenz ⓘ
narrativeLocation Warsaw ⓘ
notableFor early international success of Polish postwar cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage Polish ⓘ
partOf Andrzej Wajda’s war trilogy ⓘ
portrays final days of the Warsaw Uprising ⓘ
producer Film Polski ⓘ
publicationDate 1957 ⓘ
releaseCountry Poland ⓘ
releaseYear 1957 ⓘ
runtime approximately 91 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Jerzy Stefan Stawiński ⓘ
setInPeriod Warsaw Uprising ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
subject Polish Home Army ⓘ
resistance movements in World War II ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
theme heroism and despair ⓘ
tragedy of war ⓘ
titleMeaning refers to the Warsaw sewer system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrzej Wajda → notableWork → Kanal ⓘ
A Generation → followedBy → Kanal ⓘ
Kanal → hasOriginalTitle → Kanał ⓘ
linked to: Kanal
Jerzy Lipman → workedOn → Kanal ⓘ