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A Grain of Truth

A Grain of Truth

2015•1h 56m•6.2/10
MysteryThrillerCrime

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6.2/10(46)

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti­Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish­Jewish relations and real findings of his work ­ that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…

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Production

Studio Rewers, Aeroplan, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska, Agora, Arttech Cinema

Language

PL

Status

Released

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Cast

Robert Więckiewicz

Robert Więckiewicz

Teodor Szacki

Jerzy Trela

Jerzy Trela

Leon Wilczur

Magdalena Walach

Magdalena Walach

Barbara Sobieraj

Aleksandra Hamkało

Aleksandra Hamkało

Klara

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Krzysztof Pieczyński

Grzegorz Budnik

Andrzej Zieliński

Andrzej Zieliński

Jerzy Szyller

Modest Ruciński

Modest Ruciński

Roman Myszyński

Zohar Shtrauss

Zohar Shtrauss

Rabin Zygmunt

Iwona Bielska

Iwona Bielska

Maria Miszczyk

Philip Lenkowsky

Philip Lenkowsky

Mężczyzna w katedrze

Arkadiusz Jakubik

Arkadiusz Jakubik

Janek Wiewiórski

Lech Dyblik

Lech Dyblik

Gąsiorowski

Piotr Głowacki

Piotr Głowacki

Wariat

Danuta Borsuk

Danuta Borsuk

urzędniczka w Kielcach

Maria Mamona

Maria Mamona

Pani Rojska

Magdalena Czerwińska

Magdalena Czerwińska

Akuszerka

Marcin Juchniewicz

Marcin Juchniewicz

Rzeźnicki

Jacek Poniedziałek

Jacek Poniedziałek

Klejnocki

Jacek Koman

Jacek Koman

Kanonik

Maja Ostaszewska

Maja Ostaszewska

Weronika Szacka (głos)

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