[font=Century Gothic]"Kanal" starts at the end. [/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]In this case, it is towards the end of the Warsaw Uprising on the 56th day on September 26, 1944. Lieutenant Zadra(Wienczyslaw Glinski) leads his ragtag resistance group(A narrator tells us that these are the last hours for these brave people.) that is now at 43, down from 70 just a short time before, whose latest recruit is a music composer(Wladyslaw Sheybal). After losing a pitched battle at a house, they are ordered to downtown, one of the only neighborhoods not in German hands via the sewers which is a prospect that Zadra dreads.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][font=Century Gothic]At the beginning of the film, David and Goliath are mentioned but later on in the sewers, Dante is quoted and that is never a good sign. Although, I was reminded of the mythic labyrinth, minotaur included. [/font][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Expertly directed by Andrzej Wajda, "Kanal" is a harrowing tale not of survival, because by now that is no longer an option.[font=Century Gothic] [/font]Rather, these soldiers continue to fight to buy a little more time for their loved ones. And love is what the movie is about, from lovers who try to make the most of their limited time left to Zadra's love for his soldiers. After all, soldiers everywhere fight to keep their loved ones safe. [/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font]

The second film in Andrzej Wajda's War Trilogy and defiantly better than the first. Set in the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising, showing how the Polish resistance fighters carried on till the end. Kanal is Polish for Sewer, and it is here that most of the film takes place. The film has a very claustrophobic feel, and the filthy setting of the film can only be described as a living hell. Although it's hard to watch the characters still display an incredible amount of human emotion.