2015, 110 min, Poland
Polish and with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
KRZYSZTOF ŁUKASZEWICZ
Script/Scenariusz
KRZYSZTOF ŁUKASZEWICZ
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
ARKADIUSZ TOMIAK
Art Direction/Scenografia
MAREK WARSZEWSKI
Music/Muzyka
CEZARY SKUBISZEWSKI
Editing/Montaż
MICHAŁ CZARNECKI
Sound/Dźwięk
WOJCIECH ŚLUSARZ
Produced by/Produkcja
DOCUMENTARY & FEATURE FILM STUDIO (WARSAW)
Producer/ Producent
WŁODZIMIERZ NIDERHAUS
Cast/ Obsada
Bartłomiej Topa (capitan Kalicki), Antoni Królikowski (Kamil), Tomasz Schuchardt (Sobociński), Leszek Lichota, Mikołaj Roznerski, Michał Rolnicki, Michał Żurawski, Piotr Żurawski, Jakub Wieczorek, Piotr Głowacki, Łukasz Simlat
In the middle of the Gulf War, April 3, 2004. On the Day of Ashura the militias of the Shiite cleric Muktada As-Sadr, supported by the jihadists, start an uprising in the Polish stabilization zone. The US command orders the Poles to hold the City Hall in Karbala, the seat of the local authorities and police, loyal to the stabilization forces. On the battlefield remain eighty Polish and Bulgarian soldiers. This leads to one of the most heroic battles the Poles have fought after World War II. Facing death, soldiers are going through four days of hell. The heroic attitude, determination and the will to fight, make Polish-Bulgarian formation not only wins the battle, but comes out of it without the loss of one soldier.
KRZYSZTOF ŁUKASZEWICZ
Born in Szczecin in 1976. Director and screenwriter. Graduate from the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Szczecin University and Journalism and Political Science of the Warsaw University. Member of Polish Film Academy.
Filmography
2015 Karbala
2012 Viva Belarus! (Zyvie Biełoruś!)
2010 Lynch (Lincz)
2006 Section 998 (Sekcja 998) – documentary series
2004-06 The Bullioners (Bulionerzy) – TV series
2000-15 L Like Love (M jak miłość) – TV series
MUVICO
November 14 at 7:30 pm.
November 15 at 5:00 pm.
