Pasazerka (1963)
Directed by Witold Lesiewicz / Andrzej Munk
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - POW Drama, Psychological Drama, War Drama |
Run Time - 62 min. |
Countries - Poland |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Aleksandra Slaska portrays a German matron taking a long ocean voyage with her husband. While roaming the deck, she spots a passenger she thinks she recognizes. That she does: The passenger (Anna Ciepielewska) had been an inmate at Auchwitz, where Slaska served as a guard. An alternately realistic and illusory study in guilt and retribution, The Passenger (original title: Pasazerka) was halfway through production in 1961 when its director, Andrzej Munk, was killed in an auto accident. Munk's friends loyally tried to complete the project, bridging a few scenes with still pictures (in the manner of "restored" film classics like the 1937 Lost Horizon and the 1954 A Star is Born). Finally released in Poland in 1963, The Passenger didn't make it to the US until 1970.
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concentration-camp, guard, cruise, German [nationality], guilt, inmate, jealousy, passenger, Polish [nationality], ship