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A Grain of Truth

A Grain of Truth

20156.21h 56m

Overview

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti­Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish­Jewish relations and real findings of his work ­ that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…

Directed by Borys Lankosz
Written by Katarzyna Nosowska, Borys Lankosz, Zygmunt Miłoszewski
Produced by Anna Drozd
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Top Cast

Robert Więckiewicz

Robert Więckiewicz

Teodor Szacki

Jerzy Trela

Jerzy Trela

Leon Wilczur

Magdalena Walach

Magdalena Walach

Barbara Sobieraj

Aleksandra Hamkało

Aleksandra Hamkało

Klara

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Grzegorz Budnik

Andrzej Zieliński

Andrzej Zieliński

Jerzy Szyller

Modest Ruciński

Modest Ruciński

Roman Myszyński

Zohar Shtrauss

Zohar Shtrauss

Rabin Zygmunt

Iwona Bielska

Iwona Bielska

Maria Miszczyk

Philip Lenkowsky

Philip Lenkowsky

Mężczyzna w katedrze

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About A Grain of Truth

A Grain of Truth is a mystery, thriller, crime film released in 2015 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Borys Lankosz, it stars Robert Więckiewicz, Jerzy Trela, Magdalena Walach. A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti­Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish­Jewish relations and real findings of his work ­ that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…

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