'' In Darkness '' ( ) , a 2011 Polish drama film written by David F. Shamoon and directed by Agnieszka Holland , and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards , is based on true events during German occupation of Poland , from the perspective Leopold Socha , a sewer worker in the Polish city of Lwów . He used his knowledge of the city 's sewer system to shelter a group of Jews who had escaped from the Lwów Ghetto during the Holocaust in Poland . Chiger was not consulted during the filming , as the director , Agnieszka Holland , did not know that there were any survivors
84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
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