In Darkness

2011 · 2h25 · Film

Directed by Agnieszka Holland

Starring Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup, Marcin Bosak, Julia Kijowska, Jerzy Walczak, Oliwer Stanczak, Milla Bankowicz

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied city of Lviv. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lviv (formerly Poland).

Original title

W ciemności

Original language

Polish

Screenplay

Robert Marshall, David F. Shamoon, Maureen Dorey

Cinematography

Adam Bajerski, Piotr Niemyjski

Cast

Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup, Marcin Bosak, Julia Kijowska, Jerzy Walczak, Oliwer Stanczak, Milla Bankowicz, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Kinga Preis

Updated July 22, 2026

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