Sony Pictures Home Entertainment presents 'In Darkness' on Blu-ray

Written by Bob Suggs Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:37

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It is 1943, the Polish town of Lvov is occupied by the Nazis. One day a sewer maintenance worker named Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees - and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers. At first only interested in lucrative business, the whole thing reaches more and more Socha's conscience. The Polish small-town crook makes up his mind and finally risks his own life for the refugees.

In Emir Kusturica's allegorical Underground, an entire community waited out World War II below the streets of Yugoslavia. By contrast, Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) draws from actual events for her third Oscar-nominated adaptation. Unlike the respectable businessman at the heart of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz in a terrific performance) is a sewer worker and petty thief living in Lvov, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), during the height of the Holocaust.

When the Catholic encounters a band of Jewish citizens attempting to avoid deportation to the Janowska camp by hiding out in the city's sewer system, he senses an opportunity to better provide for his wife (Kinga Preis, Four Nights with Anna) and daughter. Socha and his partner, Szczepek (Krzysztof Skonieczny), are hardly altruistic--Nazis will pay $500 for each Jew they turn in--but they know the nooks and crannies of the terrain. For an even steeper price, they provide food and other resources to a group that includes con man Mundek (North Face's Benno Fürmann), de facto leader of a multilingual group that includes women, children, and an especially vulnerable baby. The next 14 months will test them all.

In drawing from Robert Marshall's In the Sewers of Lvov, Holland has made one of her finest films. Though it shares themes and visual parallels with The Pianist and even The Descent--most of the movie takes place in cramped spaces--Socha's segue from sewer rat to humanitarian registers as a surprisingly convincing, profoundly inspiring evolution. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Actors: Robert Wieckiewicz
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Polish
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: June 12, 2012
Run Time: 143 minutes

In Darkness [Blu-ray]

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Artist: In Darkness AspectRatio: 1.85:1 AudienceRating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Sony Color: color EAN: 0043396398672 EANList: Format: AC-3 Format: Dolby Format: Subtitled Format: Widescreen IsEligibleForTradeIn: 1 ItemDimensions: Label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Languages: ListPrice: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment MPN: COLBR39867 NumberOfDiscs: 1 PackageDimensions: PackageQuantity: 1 PartNumber: COLBR39867 PictureFormat: Anamorphic Widescreen ProductGroup: DVD ProductTypeName: ABIS_DVD Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment RegionCode: 1 ReleaseDate: 2012-06-12 RunningTime: 143 SKU: S043396398672 Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Title: In Darkness [Blu-ray] TradeInValue: UPC: 043396398672 UPCList:

Product Description It is 1943, the Polish town of Lvov is occupied by the Nazis. One day a sewer maintenance worker named Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees - and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers. At first only interested in lucrative business, the whole thing reaches more and more Socha's conscience. The Polish small-town crook makes up his mind and finally risks his own life for the refugees. Amazon.com In Emir Kusturica's allegorical Underground, an entire community waited out World War II below the streets of Yugoslavia. By contrast, Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) draws from actual events for her third Oscar-nominated adaptation. Unlike the respectable businessman at the heart of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz in a terrific performance) is a sewer worker and petty thief living in Lvov, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), during the height of the Holocaust. When the Catholic encounters a band of Jewish citizens attempting to avoid deportation to the Janowska camp by hiding out in the city's sewer system, he senses an opportunity to better provide for his wife (Kinga Preis, Four Nights with Anna) and daughter. Socha and his partner, Szczepek (Krzysztof Skonieczny), are hardly altruistic--Nazis will pay $500 for each Jew they turn in--but they know the nooks and crannies of the terrain. For an even steeper price, they provide food and other resources to a group that includes con man Mundek (North Face's Benno Fürmann), de facto leader of a multilingual group that includes women, children, and an especially vulnerable baby. The next 14 months will test them all. In drawing from Robert Marshall's In the Sewers of Lvov, Holland has made one of her finest films. Though it shares themes and visual parallels with The Pianist and even The Descent--most of the movie takes place in cramped spaces--Socha's segue from sewer rat to humanitarian registers as a surprisingly convincing, profoundly inspiring evolution. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment presents 'In Darkness' on Blu-ray
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