Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness

With a career that bounces between Europe (Europa, Europa) and Hollywood (Leonardo DiCaprio in Total Eclipse, Ed Harris in To Kill a Priest, Copying Beethoven, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Finney in Washington Square), director Agnieszka Holland scores an unexpected triumph with her latest, the fact-based In Darkness which recounts a Polish thief’s transformation when he hides a group of Jews in the sewers to protect them from being captured and murdered by the Nazis. Holland discusses the difficulties of filming, casting and editing this remarkable drama that has been nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film.

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