The Codes

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The Codes is the English title for Szyfry, a Polish film released in 1966, directed by Wojciech Has.

Story[]

Tadeusz (Jan Kreczmar) is a Polish veteran of World War II who fled to London at the end of the war, leaving behind his wife Zofia (Irena Eichlerówna) and two sons, Maciek (Zbigniew Cybulski^[1]) and Jedrek, who disappeared when he was 17 years old.

Tadeusz returns to Kraków to discover if Jedrek may be alive. His wife and son Maciek were members of resistance - was it possible that the second son may have been the traitor?

During Maciek's struggle to explain to his father their history during German occupation, questions arise concerning collaboration with the Gestapo and retribution by the Home Army. Has pictures the mystical lost boy in a dark fairy-tale forest, full of the war's ghosts and wholesale executions. The hypnotic quality of these excursions foreshadows the mesmerizing passages of Has' later film, The Hour-Glass Sanatorium.

Cast[]

• Jan Kreczmar as Tadeusz
• Zbigniew Cybulski as Maciek
• Ignacy Gogolewski as Doctor Gross
• as Aunt Helena
• Janusz Klosinski as Antiquary
• as Receptionist in 'Hotel Polski'
• Irena Eichlerówna as Zofia
• Janusz Gajos as White monk
• Barbara Krafftówna as Jadwiga
• Zofia Merle as Forester's daughter
• Kazimierz Opaliński as Pieczara
• Irena Orska as Neighbor

See also[]

• Cinema of Poland
• List of Polish-language films

References[]

External links[]

• The Codes at IMDb

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