Holy Week

Drama, War · 1996

During the Nazi era, a Jewish woman on the run takes a trolley which passes near the Warsaw ghetto, where the uprising battle is taking place, and some passengers are struck by stray bullets. They take temporary refuge in an empty building, and there she has a chance meeting with her ex-fiancé. He offers to put her up--that is, hide her--for a few days. He's now married, a professional who lives in an idyllic suburb reached by a trolley that runs through the woods. His wife seems more committed to putting up the fugitive than he is. The story involves the neighbors, the building owner who avoids involvement and seeks solace in classic poetry, and the super and his suspicious wife.

Starring

Andrzej Wajda, Wojciech Malajkat, Magdalena Warzecha, Andrzej Wajda, Allan Starski, Artur Barciś, Magdalena Warzecha, Lew Rywin, Bożena Dykiel, Andrzej Brzeski, Wiesława Starska

Director

Andrzej Wajda