Ida
2013·Poland·80 min.
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In the 1960s Communist Polish, Anna, a young novice nun, is told by her prioress that before she takes her vows she must visit her only surviving relative. Anna travels to visit her aunt Wanda, a sad, hard-drinking judge who reveals that Anna's actual name is Ida Lebenstein. Ida's parents had been Jews who were murdered late in the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II.
DirectorPawel Pawlikowski
CastAgata Kulesza·Agata Trzebuchowska·Joanna Kulig·Dawid Ogrodnik·Jerzy Trela·Adam Szyszkowski·Artur Janusiak·Halina Skoczynska·Mariusz Jakus
Original titleIda (Sister of Mercy)