

A Grain of Truth
2015-01-09 · 116 min · ★ 6.3
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 WięckiewiczTeodor Szacki
Jerzy TrelaLeon Wilczur
Magdalena WalachBarbara Sobieraj
Aleksandra HamkałoKlara
Krzysztof PieczyńskiGrzegorz Budnik
Andrzej ZielińskiJerzy Szyller
Modest RucińskiRoman Myszyński
Zohar ShtraussRabin Zygmunt
Iwona BielskaMaria Miszczyk
Philip LenkowskyMężczyzna w katedrze
Arkadiusz JakubikJanek Wiewiórski
Lech DyblikGąsiorowski
Piotr GłowackiWariat
Danuta Borsukurzędniczka w Kielcach
Maria MamonaPani Rojska
Magdalena CzerwińskaAkuszerka
Marcin JuchniewiczRzeźnicki
Jacek PoniedziałekKlejnocki
Jacek KomanKanonik
Maja OstaszewskaWeronika Szacka (głos)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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