Joanna

World War II. Saved from a roundup, 7-year-old Róża is found by a waitress Joanna. The woman decides to take care of the girl. Thanks to necessary precautions nobody suspects anything. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, her apartment is raided by Kripo, two Polish policemen and a German Major. Luckily, Róża hides. Joanna catches the eye of a German officer who borrows her French edition of Stendhal’s “The Red and the Black”. When after a few days he comes back to return the book, a silent cough comes from the kitchen, giving out the presence of the girl…

Directed by: Feliks Falk

Written by: Feliks Falk

Director of photography: Piotr Śliskowski

Music by: Bartłomiej Gliniak

Production design by: Anna Wunderlich

Sound: Maria Chilarecka-Barczyńska, Aleksander Musiałowski

Editing: Krzysztof Szpetmański

Costume design by: Magdalena Biedrzycka

Make-up: Iwona Blicharz

Production managers: Paweł Gabryś, Dagmara Bończyk

Produced by: Akson Studio

Producer: Michał Kwieciński

Actress in a leading role: Urszula Grabowska

Actresses in supporting roles: Stanisława Celińska, Sara Knothe

Actor in a supporting role: Joachim Assböeck