War is always messy. How can you find human being in yourself. People are afraid of theirs own shadows. It's time you will know who your friends are. Can you find courage to help others risking your own life and your family... Humanity is an answer to this drastic and difficult time.

Another very good flick about the murkiness below the surface of pretty much all of us, when pressed by circumstances. About a group of Jews who hide in the Lodz sewers during the Nazi occupation of Poland. The characters are, one and all, imperfect: every shade of gray, ranging from bad to worse, given the dire circumstances of wartime: racist Poles (who aren't altogether heartless), unreliable Jews (who of course are the locus of the movie's sympathy), Ukrainians driven to brutality as Nazis (er, unredeemed, except by inference from Stalinism), etc. In fact, it's one of the few 2nd World War films chock full of villains where German Nazis hardly play a part -- which, in some parts of Europe during that hell, would be 100% true to the facts. Bleak but well worth watching.

A very moving film about a group of Jews trying to survive in the sewers of Lviv, Poland, and the Polish sewer worker who tries to save them. This film is based on a true story. Harrowing, touching and inspiring. Most of the characters are well developed, with only a few stereotypes. These are ordinary people caught up in horrific circumstances. Although a little long at 145 minutes, it is absorbing. The post script of the words spoken at a funeral are chilling.

Great movie! Very touching and sad. I thought that it was very well done and although I usually find it hard to sit through such a long movie, (145 minutes), it didn't seem that long at all.

Directed by Agnieszka Holland, "IN DARKNESS" is a dark but brilliant documentary of the plight of Jews in Poland. [WW II] If you are watching it and feel you can't handle the suffering remember... xxxx xx x xxxxx xx xxx xxx xx xxx tunnel!

Excellent war drama - a group of Polish Jews surviving in the underground sewage for 14 months to escape slaughter by the Nazi invaders - aided by a reluctuant hero. The film was well directed by Polish director Holland and demands your full attention throughout the story. Certain sexual scenes were well placed to remind us that in spite of very dire conditions, human desire for flesh and lust often finds an opportunity to prevail.

A harrowing and claustrophobic movie in which, by alleviating the sufferings of others, a bigoted and avarastic sewer worker finds depths of humanity he had never needed to plumb before. The film never tries to sanctify the Jews whom Socha helps--they range from heroic to selfish and bitter--but that makes his redemption all the more profound. At the end of the film we read the words spoken at his funeral: they are illuminating.

Very well don. Difficult true story, beautiful and informative and should be available in all high schools. I have relatives from this area, some survived though many did not.

This movie is in Polish, with English subtitles. It is a heart wrenching story of a group of Jews who are hidden in the sewer system during the Nazi occupation. The sewer worker who helps them by providing food and shelter, is also 'assisting' the Nazi's in clearing the sewers of Jews. It is a hold your breathe kind of movie. Well done.

This is a spectacular, moving, beautiful film that is a great illustration of a person's ability to change and grow as a person. Horrifying (like, let's face it, any Holocaust film) but totally inspiring, even more because it's based on a true story.