Alfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.
Acting
Więckiewicz's silent guilt could crush stone.
Direction
Zglinski turns cramped train cars into moral pressure cookers.
Director
Greg Zglinski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Poland's 'moral anxiety cinema' wave—films confronting national identity through individual cowardice.
Zglinski shot the train scenes on actual moving Polish rail lines with zero safety nets for the stunt fall.
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