Andrzej WajdaCast
Teresa Iżewska 
Tadeusz Janczar Wienczysław Gliński
Credits
Written by: Jerzy Stefan Stawinski
Plot
Polish resistance fighters retreat through the sewers of Warsaw during the 1944 uprising. English title: The Canal.
Sinekatalog’s take
Andrzej Wajda's harrowing war film follows Polish resistance fighters fleeing through Warsaw's sewers. Claustrophobic and bleak, with striking images of doom, it is a landmark of the Polish School.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (9,040 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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