Passenger (1963)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 2.119 |
Directed By
Andrzej Munk
Witold Lesiewicz
Crew
Andrzej Munk
Andrzej Munk
Zofia Posmysz
Zofia Posmysz
Krzysztof Winiewicz
Zofia Dwornik
Leonard Mokicz
Wiesława Chojkowska
Louise Stjernsward
Mieczysław Pośmiechowicz
Teresa Tomaszewska
Andrzej Brzozowski
Anna Dyrka
Jerzy Szawłowski
Tadeusz Baird
Romuald Korczak
Wilhelm Hollender
Wiesław Rutowicz
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Władysław Tomaszewski
Stanisław Wisłocki
Maria Rutkowska
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Wiesław Grzelczak
Henryk Wasilewski
Tamara Gawryś
Witold Lesiewicz
Tadeusz Wybult
Wiktor Woroszylski
Włodzimierz Kamiński
Andrzej Jerzy Piotrowski
TOP CAST
Aleksandra Śląska
Liza
Anna Ciepielewska
Marta
Janusz Bylczyński
Capo
Krzesislawa Dubielówna
Prisoner
Anna Gołębiowska
Female Prisoner
Barbara Horawianka
Nurse
Anna Jaraczówna
Capo
Maria Kościałkowska
Guard Inga Weniger
Andrzej Krasicki
Commission Member
Jan Kreczmar
Walter
Irena Malkiewicz
Oberaufseherin Madel
Izabela Olszewska
Prisoner
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Lagerkommandant Grabner
Kazimierz Rudzki
Commission Member
Zdzisław Szymborski
SS-Man
Marek Walczewski
Tadeusz
Barbara Wałkówna
Capo
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Narrator (voice)
Maria Ciesielska
(uncredited)
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Prisoner (uncredited)
Anna Dyrka
Prisoner (uncredited)
Stanisław Niwiński
Prisoner (uncredited
Adam Perzyk
Prisoner-Painter (uncredited
Sylwester Przedwojewski
Guard (uncredited)
Bogusław Sochnacki
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Maria Wachowiak
Prisoner (uncredited)
Stanisław Zaczyk
Tadeusz (voice) (uncredited)
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