A Grain of Truth
Seen it?2015 | 116 min | Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 56 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Polish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in southeast Poland Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of antiSemitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of PolishJewish relations and real findings of his work that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Borys Lankosz
- Robert WięckiewiczTeodor Szacki
- Jerzy TrelaLeon Wilczur
- Magdalena WalachBarbara Sobieraj
- Aleksandra HamkałoKlara
- Krzysztof PieczyńskiGrzegorz Budnik
- Andrzej ZielińskiJerzy Szyller
- Modest RucińskiRoman Myszyński
- Zohar ShtraussRabin Zygmunt
- Iwona BielskaMaria Miszczyk
- Philip LenkowskyMężczyzna w katedrze