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Passenger

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A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1963-09-20

Runtime: 62 mins

Director: Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz

Spoken language: Polski

Genres: Drama, War

Original title: Passenger

Production Companies: Zespół Filmowy "Kamera"

Production Countries: Poland

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