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The Promised Land
Overview
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.
Director and cast
- Andrzej Wajda Director
- Daniel Olbrychski as Karol Borowiecki
- Wojciech Pszoniak as Moryc Welt
- Andrzej Seweryn as Maks Baum
- Kalina Jędrusik as Lucy Zuckerowa
- Anna Nehrebecka as Anka
- Bożena Dykiel as Mada Müller
- Andrzej Szalawski as Herman Bucholz
- Stanisław Igar as Grünspan
- Franciszek Pieczka as Müller
- Kazimierz Opaliński as Maks' Father
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