The Messenger

The story of Jan Nowak-Jeziorański’s mission which took place moments before the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising. Inspired by true events from the times when ‘Jan Nowak’ travelled to the West and back with secret missions as a messenger and emissary of the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army. In the film his task is to get to Warsaw in order to bring a message, crucial for the fate of post-war Poland, that there is no allied support in case of an uprising in the capital. Resigning from a chance for love, he sets out from London overnight, risking his life to get through to occupied Poland and prevent the outbreak of an uprising which he believes doomed to failure. Having arrived in his homeland, racing against time and the Germans watching his every step, he must do whatever it takes to reach the Home Army Headquarters before it issues the order to start open battle. Poland’s freedom or enslavement is what’s at stake.

Credits

Reżyseria

Władysław Pasikowski

written by

Władysław Pasikowski, Sylwia Wilkos

director of photography

Magdalena Górka

music

Jan Duszyński

production design

Wojciech Żogała

costume design

Małgorzata Braszka, Michał Koralewski

make-up

Janusz Kaleja

sound

Bartłomiej Bogacki, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński

edited by

Jarosław Kamiński

casting by

Magdalena Szwarcbart

cast

Patrycja Volny, Philippe Tłokiński, Julie Engelbrecht, Tomasz

Schuchardt, Martin Butzke, Adam Woronowicz, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jan

Frycz, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Mirosław Baka, Wojciech Zieliński, Sławomir

Orzechowski, Grzegorz Małecki, Agnieszka Suchora

production

Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego, Scorpio Studio

producers

Klaudiusz Frydrych, Sylwia Wilkos, Jan Ołdakowski, Dariusz Gawin

co-produced by

TVP, Chimney Poland, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy

executive producer

Klaudiusz Frydrych

production manager

Ewa Jastrzębska

co-financed by

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

distributed by

Kino Świat

Obsada

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