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A Grain of Truth
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A Grain of Truth

2015-01-09 · 116 min · ★ 6.3

Mystery · Thriller · Crime

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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Directors
Borys Lankosz
Production companies
Studio Rewers, Aeroplan, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska, Agora, Arttech Cinema
Countries
Poland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Robert WięckiewiczRobert WięckiewiczTeodor Szacki
Jerzy TrelaJerzy TrelaLeon Wilczur
Magdalena WalachMagdalena WalachBarbara Sobieraj
Aleksandra HamkałoAleksandra HamkałoKlara
Krzysztof PieczyńskiKrzysztof PieczyńskiGrzegorz Budnik
Andrzej ZielińskiAndrzej ZielińskiJerzy Szyller
Modest RucińskiModest RucińskiRoman Myszyński
Zohar ShtraussZohar ShtraussRabin Zygmunt
Iwona BielskaIwona BielskaMaria Miszczyk
Philip LenkowskyPhilip LenkowskyMężczyzna w katedrze
Arkadiusz JakubikArkadiusz JakubikJanek Wiewiórski
Lech DyblikLech DyblikGąsiorowski
Piotr GłowackiPiotr GłowackiWariat
Danuta BorsukDanuta Borsukurzędniczka w Kielcach
Maria MamonaMaria MamonaPani Rojska
Magdalena CzerwińskaMagdalena CzerwińskaAkuszerka
Marcin JuchniewiczMarcin JuchniewiczRzeźnicki
Jacek PoniedziałekJacek PoniedziałekKlejnocki
Jacek KomanJacek KomanKanonik
Maja OstaszewskaMaja OstaszewskaWeronika Szacka (głos)

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