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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991) - Movie Browser

A priest walks into Auschwitz and demands to take another man's death. Unbelievably true.

crushingly humanspiritual endurancequietly radical

Overview

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.

Content warning

based on true story priest catholic concentration camp prisoner holocaust

sacrificial lovefaith under fascismthe value of one life

Standout Aspects

Acting

Żentara's Kolbe: gentle, stubborn, otherworldly calm in hell.

Direction

Zanussi refuses spectacle—horror shown in margins, whispers.

Cinematography

Bleached Auschwitz light that makes beauty feel wrong.

Best for:Solo·Theater

Heads up:Disturbing·Emotional

Director

Krzysztof Zanussi

ReleasedApr 1, 1991

Runtime1h 30m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

IFAGE Filmproduktion

Top Cast

Christoph Waltz

Jan Tytz

Artur Barciś

brat Anzelm

Tadeusz Bradecki

zakonnik w klasztorze w Alwerni

Gustaw Lutkiewicz

Konior

Jerzy Stuhr

prałat

Andrzej Szczepkowski

mecenas Górecki

Krzysztof Zaleski

Wiesław Olszański

Adam Ferency

dubbing roli Ch. Walza

Krzysztof Kowalewski

redaktor naczelny

Franciszek Pieczka

Banasik

Jerzy Przybylski

ojciec gwardian w klasztorze w Alwerni

Jan Peszek

ojciec gwardian w klasztorze w Niepokalanowie

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