This harrowing portrait of resistance fighters forced to flee the German army via Warsaw’s sewage system remains one of Wajda’s finest achievements.

A unit of Polish freedom fighters goes underground to escape German troops, in the final stages of the 1944 Warsaw uprising. Wajda’s claustrophobic, nightmarish masterpiece employs haunting images to convey their struggle as they journey through the city’s sewers. The film that brought international acclaim for the director, Kanał is based on true events. It is an evocative portrait of the Polish resistance movement and a heartbreaking depiction of strength, duty and hope in the face of insurmountable odds.

Playing alongside the other two films in Wajda’s war trilogy consisting of: A Generation, Kanał, and Ashes and Diamonds.