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Passenger

Original title: Pasazerka
  • 19631963
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Passenger (1963)
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While being aboard a transatlantic ship, German woman Liza notices someone who looks like Marta, the former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be the guard.While being aboard a transatlantic ship, German woman Liza notices someone who looks like Marta, the former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be the guard.While being aboard a transatlantic ship, German woman Liza notices someone who looks like Marta, the former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be the guard.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
57,395
2,089
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    • Directors
      • Andrzej Munk
      • Witold Lesiewicz(for completion)
    • Writers
      • Andrzej Munk(screenplay)
      • Zofia Posmysz(novel)
    • Stars
      • Aleksandra Slaska
      • Anna Ciepielewska
      • Jan Kreczmar
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Andrzej Munk
      • Witold Lesiewicz(for completion)
    • Writers
      • Andrzej Munk(screenplay)
      • Zofia Posmysz(novel)
    • Stars
      • Aleksandra Slaska
      • Anna Ciepielewska
      • Jan Kreczmar
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Anna Ciepielewska in Passenger (1963)
    Passenger (1963)
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    Passenger (1963)
    Aleksandra Slaska in Passenger (1963)
    Irena Malkiewicz and Aleksandra Slaska in Passenger (1963)
    Marek Walczewski in Passenger (1963)
    Aleksandra Slaska in Passenger (1963)
    Irena Malkiewicz and Leon Pietraszkiewicz in Passenger (1963)
    Aleksandra Slaska in Passenger (1963)
    Anna Ciepielewska in Passenger (1963)
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    Aleksandra Slaska
    Aleksandra Slaska
    • Liza
    Anna Ciepielewska
    Anna Ciepielewska
    • Marta
    Jan Kreczmar
    Jan Kreczmar
    • Walter
    Marek Walczewski
    Marek Walczewski
    • Tadeusz
    Irena Malkiewicz
    • Oberaufseherin Madel
    Barbara Horawianka
    Barbara Horawianka
    • Nurse
    Maria Koscialkowska
    • Guard Inga Weniger
    Anna Jaraczówna
    Anna Jaraczówna
    • Capo
    Leon Pietraszkiewicz
    Leon Pietraszkiewicz
    • Lagerkommandant Grabner
    Janusz Bylczynski
    Janusz Bylczynski
    • Capo
    Andrzej Krasicki
    Andrzej Krasicki
    • Commission Member
    Zdzislaw Szymborski
    Zdzislaw Szymborski
    • SS-Man
    Kazimierz Rudzki
    Kazimierz Rudzki
    • Commission Member
    Anna Golebiowska
    • Female Prisoner
    Krzesislawa Dubielówna
    Izabella Olszewska
    Wanda Swaryczewska
    Barbara Walkówna
    Barbara Walkówna
    • Capo
    • Directors
      • Andrzej Munk
      • Witold Lesiewicz(for completion)
    • Writers
      • Andrzej Munk(screenplay)
      • Zofia Posmysz(novel) (screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director Andrzej Munk died during production. The film was left in an unfinished state, but was later assembled for release, using photo stills and voice-over narration.
    • Goofs
      In one scene, the film shows groups of clothed prisoners of all sexes and ages calmly walking into a gas chamber. In reality, the Nazi's at Auschwitz separated the prisoners by sex and age, had them remove all their clothing, and sometimes had them run to the gas chamber so they would be out of breath and inhale the gas faster, once inside. It was far different than the peaceful activity depicted in the film.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: La monnaie de l'absolu (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Violin Concerto in E Major
      Written by Johann Sebastian Bach

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    Top review
    10/10
    A Complete Film
    I have no idea what the final result would have been if Munk had lived and ' completed ' this masterpiece. For me thanks to those who were dedicated enough to make a completion they have one hundred per cent achieved it. Seeing it again in 2021 the early 1960's is well past, and like old photographs the mystery of what really happened when a former bodyguard sees the woman she has both perhaps helped, and yet sadistically so, is well conveyed. Her horror at herself is shown quite clearly in two of the stills that accompany this part of the film, and the further past is both tortured and alive in her head. This is conveyed as narrative and she spares herself nothing. The people seen going to their deaths; the patting of the guard dog's head by a child as she makes her way to annihilation and the man who casually throws an arm back into a truck full of the dead. She sees it all and as if looking through her stills of self confession to her appalled husband we too see the narrative move like a film usually moves. Aleksandra Slaska in this role is above criticism, so well does she attain authenticity. There is even a love story to be recalled; her prisoner's lover who she encourages to see the woman she is protecting, and there too her pain at not being loved herself is paramount to her. Unbearable to watch we bear it as she must do for the rest of her life. As I said the film is complete and many will disagree but it is my firm opinion. A film like no other it should never disappear or be inaccessible. But what did happen in that camp is subjective to her memory and the facts may have been even more dreadful than we see. It can perhaps be never understood in its totality; the jigsaw puzzle of our humanity needing an eternity of compassion to be made whole.
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    • Nov 22, 2021

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1963 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Language
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Putnica
    • Filming locations
      • Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
    • Production company
      • Zespol Filmowy "Kamera"
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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