The story of a priest sympathetic to the Solidarity movement who is murdered. Based on the true story of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a Catholic priest and Solidarity supporter who was murdered by agents of the Polish secret police.

C a s t

Christopher Lambert as Father Alek
Ed Harris as Stefan
Joanne Whalley as Anna
Joss Ackland as Colonel
Tim Roth as Feliks
Timothy Spall as Igor
Peter Postlethwaite as Josef
Cherie Lunghi as Halina
David Suchet as Bishop

Production Credits

Producer Jean-Pierre Alessandri
Director Agnieszka Holland
Writers Agnieszka Holland & Jean-Yves Pitoun