Ida (Original title)Sister of Mercy (Working title)Siostra milosierdzia (Working title)
Date: 26 September 2014 (Release)Countries: Poland, Denmark, France, United KingdomDirector: Pawel Pawlikowski
Synopsis: Drama. In 1960s Poland, Anna, an eighteen-year-old novice is preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since being orphaned in World War II. When the Mother Superior insists she make contact with her last remaining relative, she meets her aunt Wanda, a free-living intellectual working as a judge who is hiding the secret of Anna’s true identity.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Religion, Catholic Church, Jewish people, Orphans, Nuns, Tracing relations, Identity, World War II, Poland
Releases
Date: 25 October 2013Country: PolandRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): Polish
Date: September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 26 September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 82 mins 2 secs - Dialogue (original): Polish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Curzon Film World
Date: 26 September 2014 (Release)Countries: Poland, Denmark, France, United KingdomDirector: Pawel Pawlikowski
Synopsis: Drama. In 1960s Poland, Anna, an eighteen-year-old novice is preparing to become a nun at the convent where she has lived since being orphaned in World War II. When the Mother Superior insists she make contact with her last remaining relative, she meets her aunt Wanda, a free-living intellectual working as a judge who is hiding the secret of Anna’s true identity.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Religion, Catholic Church, Jewish people, Orphans, Nuns, Tracing relations, Identity, World War II, Poland
Releases
Date: 25 October 2013Country: PolandRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): Polish
Date: September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins 53 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 26 September 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 82 mins 2 secs - Dialogue (original): Polish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Curzon Film World
Credits
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©: Opus Film, ©: Phoenix Film, ©: Canal+, Production Company: Opus Film, Production Company: Phoenix Film Investments, In association with: Portobello Pictures, Co-produced by: Canal+ Poland, Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute, Co-financed by: Eurimages, Co-financed by: Danish Film Institute, City of Lodz, Film developed with support of: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Co-produced by: Phoenix Film Poland, International Sales: Fandango Portobello Sales, Producer: Eric Abraham, Producer: Piotr Dzieciol, Producer: Ewa Puszczynska, Co-producer: Christian Falkenberg Husum, Line Producer: Magdalena Malisz, Associate Producer Denmark: Sofie Wanting Hassing, Production Manager: Karolina Aleksa, Accountant: Elzbieta Heleniak, Maria Szleiermacher, Location Manager: Jacek Strzelecki, Location Co-ordinator: Halszka Bukowska, Location Co-ordinator: Agnieszka Wasiak, Post-production Co-ordinator Poland: Malgorzata Bereźnicka, Production Assistant: Malgorzata Bereźnicka, 1st Assistant Director: Marcin Mayzel, 1st Assistant Director: Wiktor Mentlewicz, 1st Assistant Director: Mariusz Włodarski, Continuity: Karolina Foltyn-Gmerek, Casting: Alina Falana, Screenplay: Pawel Pawlikowski, Screenplay: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Director of Photography: Lukasz Zal, Director of Photography: Ryszard Lenczewski, Camera Operator: Tomasz Nowak, Focus Puller: Krzystof Ciolkowski, Camera Assistant: Przemyslaw Gabryelski, Gaffer: Marek Wojtaszewski, Key Grip: Robert Batman Lukowski, Grip: Sławomir Chyla, Grip: Michal Wojciechowski, Stills Photographer: Sylwester Kazmierczak, Liliana Milewska, Special Effects Producer: Robert Stasz, Michal Truszkowski, Editor: Jaroslaw Kaminski, Assistant Editor: Wojciech Janas, Production Design: Katarzyna Sobanska, Marcel Slawínski, Art Director: Jagna Dobesz, Assistant Art Director: Dorota Borkowska, Assistant Art Director: Agata Trojak, Assistant Art Director: Patryk Kowalczyk, Storyboard: Katarzyna Bogdanska, Props Buyer: Andrzej Razniewski, Prop Man: Marek Razniewski, Set Construction Manager: Marek Bomba, Costume Design: Aleksandra Staszko, Assistant Costume Designer: Agata Winska, Wardrobe Mistress: Magdalena Bem, Wardrobe Mistress: Malgorzata Trzaskowska, Make-up: Anna Niuta Kieszczyńska, Tomasz Sielecki, Make-up Assistant: Katarzyna Lipinska, Make-up Assistant: Maciej Zajac, Make-up Assistant: Rafal Rodak, Credits: Radek Rekita, Original Music: Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen, Cellist: Henrik Dam Thomsen, Pianist: Krzysztof Brzezinski, Bass Player: Piotr Siadul, Guitarist: Lukasz Jerzykowski, Drummer: Artur Mostowy, Saxophonist: Michal Kobojek, Saxophonist: Zbigniew Zeno, Dawid Ogrodnik, Vocals: Joanna Kulig, Assistant Music Editor: Lars Rasmussen, Music Mix Consultant: Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen, Sound Operator On Set: Miroslaw Makowski, Boom Operator: Piotr Fede, Boom Operator: Marcin Jachyra, Re-recording Mixer: Claus Lynge, Re-recording Mixer: Andreas Kongsgaard, Supervising Sound Editor: Claus Lynge, Sound Editor: Andreas Kongsgaard, Sound Editor: Michael Dela, Dialogue Cleaning: Michal Kosterkiewicz, ADR: Michal Kosterkiewicz, Foley Artist: Martin Langenbach, Stunt Co-ordinator: Maciej Maciejewski, Stunt Performer: Andrzej Poneta, Religious Consultant: Malgorzata Parzynowska, Digital Post-production: DI Factory, Special Thanks: Agnieszka Holland, Special Thanks: Lee Hall, Special Thanks: Alfonso Cuarón, Special Thanks: Jerzy Skolimowski, David Elstein
Cast
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Agata Kulesza (Wanda Gruz), Agata Trzebuchowska (Ida Lebenstein, Sister Anna), Dawid Ogrodnik (Lis), Joanna Kulig (singer), Jerzy Trela (Szymon Skiba), Adam Szyszkowski (Feliks), Halina Skoczynska (Mother Superior), Dorota Kuduk (Kaska), Natalia Lagiewczyk (Bronia), Afrodyta Weselak (Marysia), Mariusz Jakus (barman), Izabela Dabrowska (waitress), Artur Janusiak (policeman), Anna Grzeszczak (neighbour), Jan Wojciech Poradowski (Father Andrew), Konstanty Szwemberg (official), Pawel Burczyk (prosecutor), Artur Majewski (Wanda's lover), Krzysztof Brzezinski (pianist), Piotr Siadul (bass player), Lukasz Jerzykowski (guitarist), Artur Mostowy (drummer)