Agnieszka Holland, director
Foreign Language Film /
Poland, "In Darkness"
Film Synopsis
As the Nazis begin the deportation of the city of Lvov’s Jewish population, a group of people seeks refuge in the city’s sewers. With a local sewer inspector who moonlights as a thief serving as their only link to the outside world, the group faces the seemingly impossible task of creating a subterranean hiding place that will protect them for the duration of the war.
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Academy Awards History
This is the ninth Academy Award nomination for Poland. Previous nominations were:
KATYN (2007)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
MAN OF IRON (1981)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
THE MAIDS OF WILKO (1979)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
NIGHTS AND DAYS (1976)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
LAND OF PROMISE (1975)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
THE DELUGE (1974)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
PHARAOH (1966)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
KNIFE IN THE WATER (1963)
Nominee, Foreign Language Film
Other Nominees /
Foreign Language Film
