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Passenger
Passenger

Passenger

Jailer and prisoner… both haunted by the Holocaust.

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DramaWar

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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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Budget

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Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Runtime

62 mins

Rating

7.315/10

Release Date

20 September 1963

Country

Poland

Cast

Aleksandra Śląska

Aleksandra Śląska

Liza

Anna Ciepielewska

Anna Ciepielewska

Marta

Janusz Bylczyński

Janusz Bylczyński

Capo

Krzesislawa Dubielówna

Krzesislawa Dubielówna

Prisoner

Anna Gołębiowska

Anna Gołębiowska

Female Prisoner

Barbara Horawianka

Barbara Horawianka

Nurse

Anna Jaraczówna

Anna Jaraczówna

Capo

Maria Kościałkowska

Maria Kościałkowska

Guard Inga Weniger

Andrzej Krasicki

Andrzej Krasicki

Commission Member

Jan Kreczmar

Jan Kreczmar

Walter

Irena Malkiewicz

Irena Malkiewicz

Oberaufseherin Madel

Izabela Olszewska

Izabela Olszewska

Prisoner

Leon Pietraszkiewicz

Leon Pietraszkiewicz

Lagerkommandant Grabner

Kazimierz Rudzki

Kazimierz Rudzki

Commission Member

Wanda Swaryczewska

Wanda Swaryczewska

Zdzisław Szymborski

Zdzisław Szymborski

SS-Man

Marek Walczewski

Marek Walczewski

Tadeusz

Barbara Wałkówna

Barbara Wałkówna

Capo

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Narrator (voice)

Maria Ciesielska

Maria Ciesielska

(uncredited)

Elżbieta Czyżewska

Elżbieta Czyżewska

Prisoner (uncredited)

Anna Dyrka

Anna Dyrka

Prisoner (uncredited)

Stanisław Niwiński

Stanisław Niwiński

Prisoner (uncredited

Adam Perzyk

Adam Perzyk

Prisoner-Painter (uncredited

Sylwester Przedwojewski

Sylwester Przedwojewski

Guard (uncredited)

Bogusław Sochnacki

Bogusław Sochnacki

Death Row Guard (uncredited)

Maria Wachowiak

Maria Wachowiak

Prisoner (uncredited)

Stanisław Zaczyk

Stanisław Zaczyk

Tadeusz (voice) (uncredited)

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