A Grain of Truth

Plot Summary

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…

Top Cast

Robert Więckiewicz Teodor Szacki

Jerzy Trela Leon Wilczur

Magdalena Walach Barbara Sobieraj

Aleksandra Hamkało Klara

Krzysztof Pieczyński Grzegorz Budnik