---
title: 'Canal (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/canal-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050585/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Canal (1957)

1957 · 95 min · Drama, War · Poland

Original title: Kanał

## Synopsis

Kanał is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The film is adapted from the story “They Loved Life” by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. Kanał is the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by A Generation and followed by Ashes and Diamonds.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Jerzy Stefan Stawiński](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-stefan-stawinski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jan Krenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-krenz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jerzy Lipman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-lipman)

## Cast

- [Zofia Lindorfówna](https://cinepixo.com/people/zofia-lindorfowna) as kobieta szukająca córki
- [Maciej Maciejewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/maciej-maciejewski) as porucznik „Gustaw”
- [Ryszard Ronczewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryszard-ronczewski)
- [Teresa Iżewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-izewska) as łączniczka „Stokrotka”
- [Tadeusz Janczar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-janczar) as podchorąży Jacek „Korab”
- [Kazimierz Kutz](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazimierz-kutz)
- [Kazimierz Dejunowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazimierz-dejunowicz) as kapitan „Zabawa”
- [Wieńczysław Gliński](https://cinepixo.com/people/wienczys-aw-glinski) as porucznik „Zadra”
- [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski)
- [Jan Englert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-englert) as „Zefir”
- [Zdzisław Leśniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdzis-aw-lesniak) as „Mały”
- [Adam Pawlikowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-pawlikowski) as Niemiec przy wylocie kanału
- [Stanisław Mikulski](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanis-aw-mikulski) as „Smukły”
- [Władysław Kowalski](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-adys-aw-kowalski)
- [Ewa Wiśniewska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-wisniewska)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/canal-1957
Film facts: Wikidata (Q94792); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.