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Wanda Bartówna
Helena
Huguette Faget
Michele
Tatyana Guretskaya
Eugenia
Antonina Gordon-Górecka
Anna
Mariya Vinogradova
Nadia
Barbara Drapińska
Marta
Barbara Fijewska
Anielka
Maria Anna Redlichówna
Urszula
Alina Janowska
Dessa
Zofia Mrozowska
Gypsy Woman
Stanisław Zaczyk
Tadek
Stefan Śródka
Bronek
Elżbieta Łabuńska
Prisoner #1
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Prisoner #2
Ewa Kunina
Prisoner #3
Barbara Rachwalska
Block Leader Elza
Anna Jaraczówna
Kapo Frieda
Roma Rudecka
Kapo Sauna
Zofia Niwińska
Mrs. Laura
Halina Drohocka
Lalunia
Aleksandra Śląska
Oberaufseherin
Maria Kaniewska
Rapportführerin
Janina Marisówna
Aufseherin
Władysław Brochwicz
Lagerkommandant
Edward Dziewoński
Lagerarzt
Kazimierz Pawłowski
Gestapo Head
Zygmunt Chmielewski
Dignitary

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Feb 05 2024

Director Wanda Jakubowska was, herself, interred in Auschwitz during the latter stages of WWII, and so is uniquely placed to tell us the story of "Marta" (a stirring effort from Barbara Drapinski). A Jewish woman who is sent for slaughter to this infamous camp, but whom - by a curious twist of fate - is selected to interpret for the Nazis. That may spare her, but she must watch her family and countless others live lives of violence, deprivation and humiliation before the potential relief of death was visited upon them. What we see here illustrates really succinctly the brutality that went on he...