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Passenger

Passenger

Jailer and prisoner… both haunted by the Holocaust.

19637.21h 2m

Overview

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

Directed by Andrzej Munk
Written by Zofia Posmysz, Andrzej Munk, Wiktor Woroszylski
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Top Cast

Aleksandra Śląska

Aleksandra Śląska

Liza

Anna Ciepielewska

Anna Ciepielewska

Marta

Janusz Bylczyński

Janusz Bylczyński

Capo

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Krzesislawa Dubielówna

Prisoner

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Anna Gołębiowska

Female Prisoner

Barbara Horawianka

Barbara Horawianka

Nurse

Anna Jaraczówna

Anna Jaraczówna

Capo

Maria Kościałkowska

Maria Kościałkowska

Guard Inga Weniger

Andrzej Krasicki

Andrzej Krasicki

Commission Member

Jan Kreczmar

Jan Kreczmar

Walter

Themes & Keywords

holocaust (shoah)auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

About Passenger

Passenger is a drama, war film released in 1963 exploring themes of holocaust (shoah), auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp. Directed by Andrzej Munk, it stars Aleksandra Śląska, Anna Ciepielewska, Janusz Bylczyński. A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

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