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
Zofia Posmysz
Krzysztof Winiewicz
Andrzej Munk
Zofia Posmysz
Louise Stjernsward
Zofia Dwornik
Leonard Mokicz
Jerzy Szawłowski
Anna Dyrka
Teresa Tomaszewska
Mieczysław Pośmiechowicz
Wiesława Chojkowska
Andrzej Brzozowski
Tadeusz Baird
Wiesław Rutowicz
Wiesław Grzelczak
Wilhelm Hollender
Romuald Korczak
Tadeusz Jakuczyn
Władysław Tomaszewski
Tamara Gawryś
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Stanisław Wisłocki
Maria Rutkowska
Henryk Wasilewski
Witold Lesiewicz
Tadeusz Wybult
Wiktor Woroszylski
Andrzej Jerzy Piotrowski
Włodzimierz Kamiński
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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