Kanal ★★★½ They Loved Life 1956 Wajda's first major success, a grueling account of Warsaw patriots, upon the onset of the Nazis toward the end of the war, fleeing through the ruined city's sewers. Highly acclaimed. Part 2 of Wajda's "War Trilogy," preceded by "A Generation" and followed by "Ashes and Diamonds." In Polish with English subtitles or dubbed. 96m/B VHS. PL Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Vladek Sheybal, Emil Kariewicz, Wienczylaw Glinski;
Director:
Andrzej Wajda;
Writer:
Jerzy Stefan Stawinski;
Writer:
Jerzy Lipman;
Cameo:
Jan Krenz. Cannes '57: Grand Jury Prize.
