Ferry

(Prom)


1970   >   action

A thriller about the passengers dramatically fighting for their lives on a river ferry that is drifting into a bay full of mines. The film has amazing naval cinematography which emphasizes the power of the element of water. The film is based on real-life events.

Winter, 1945, demobilized soldiers and their families are taking a cable ferry across the Vistula river. The cable breaks and the ferry drifts through ice floe, straight onto mines. The young militia officer Kros organizes a rescue mission. He finally acquires tugboats. The situation onboard the ferry is becoming more dramatic with each passing second. Gasoline spills onboard from a hole in the tank. The rescue team can’t see in the dark. The ferry drifts among the mines. The passengers’ singing helps locate the lost ferry. Everyone is saved.


Crew:

director
Jerzy Afanasjew
script
Jerzy Afanasjew
d.o.p.
Antoni Nurzyński
designer
Jarosław Świtoniak, Andrzej Płocki
editor
Irena Choryńska
music
Juliusz Łuciuk
cast
Henryk Bąk,
Halina Buyno-Łoza,
Maria Chwalibóg,
Maciej Damięcki,
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski,
Zygmunt Hubner,
Krzysztof Jasiński,
Wacław Kowalski,
Marian Opania,
Wojciech Siemion
Materials: SD
Length: 65’