Shadow (film)
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| Shadow | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
| Starring | Zygmunt Kestowicz Adolf Chronicki |
| Release date(s) | 1956 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| IMDb profile | |
Shadow (Pl. Cien) is a 1956 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
The plot consists of a RashÅmon-like investigation into the life of a man found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, policemen and a medical examiner begin to piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war and one in contemporary Poland. In each, the victim seems to have been a mysterious, ambiguous presence, of shifting loyalties and suspicious connections, who invariably set himself against the ruling powers of the time. Critics of the day attacked the film for its depiction of a world rife with secret agents and hidden enemies - a favorite Stalinist theme - yet the film seems rather to insist on how heroism or villainy are so often matters of point of view and timing.
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[edit] External links
- Shadow at the Internet Movie Database
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