In Darkness (2011 film)

In Darkness
UK cinematic poster
Directed by	Agnieszka Holland
Written by	David F. Shamoon
Based on	In the Sewers of Lvov by Robert Marshall
Produced by	Andrzej Besztak Steffen Reuter Patrick Knippel Marc-Daniel Dichant Leander Carell Juliusz Machulski Paul Stephens Eric Jordan
Starring	Robert Więckiewicz Benno Fürmann Agnieszka Grochowska Maria Schrader Herbert Knaup Kinga Preis Krzysztof Skonieczny
Cinematography	Jolanta Dylewska
Edited by	Mike Czarnecki
Music by	Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
Production companies	Zebra Films, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv, the Film Works
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) (Telluride (USA)) 15 September 2011 (2011-09-15) (Poland)
Running time	144 minutes
Countries	Poland Germany Canada
Languages	Polish German Yiddish Ukrainian

In Darkness (Polish: W ciemności) is a 2011 Polish drama film written by David F. Shamoon and directed by Agnieszka Holland.^[1] It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.^[2]

Based on true events during German occupation of Poland, the film tells about Leopold Socha, a sewer worker in the Polish city of Lwów. He used his knowledge of the city's sewer system to shelter a group of Jews who had escaped from the Lwów Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland.^[3]