Birds Are Singing in Kigali

Birds Are Singing in Kigali

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2017
1h 53m
5.4(18 votes)
Drama

Overview

We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.

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Narodowe Centrum Kultury
Telewizja Polska
Studio A

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Cast & Crew

55 members
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Jowita Budnik

Anna Keller

Jowita Budnik
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Eliane Umuhire

Claudine Mugambira

Eliane Umuhire
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Witold Wieliński

Witek

Witold Wieliński
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Ciza Remy Muhirwa

Jean Paul

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Herve Kimenyi Rutaremara

Sebastian

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Didacienne Nibagwire

Marie-Christine

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Anna Ilczuk

Katarzyna Falska

Anna Ilczuk
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Aleksander Mikołajczak

colonel

Aleksander Mikołajczak
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Jerzy Gudejko

Jan

Jerzy Gudejko
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Maciej Tomaszewski

clerk

Maciej Tomaszewski
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Wiesław Cichy

officer

Wiesław Cichy
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Bolesław Abart

Horst Keller

Bolesław Abart
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Mazimpaka Kennedy

Bitero

Mazimpaka Kennedy
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Joel Echallier

Wolf

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Alicja Smotryś

nun

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Maciej Wojdyła

policeman

Maciej Wojdyła
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Przemysław Puchała

policeman

Przemysław Puchała
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Krzysztof Bochenek

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Krzysztof Bochenek
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Bartłomiej Gola

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Teresa Sawicka

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Teresa Sawicka
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Krystyna Zmitrowicz

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Katarzyna Halamus

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Clarisse Hirwa

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Claudine Diatta Umutesi

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Jean Eric Kayishema

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Patrick Dusabe

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Dariusz Potocki

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Piotr Tyszko-Chmielowiec

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Franciszek Kucharski

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Andrzej Kaczmarek

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Helena Stasiewicz

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Bettina Harnischfeger

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Rafał Miller

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Małgorzata Wagner-Rypuła

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Krzysztof Rypuła

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Julian Rypuła

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Krzysztof Rypuła jr

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Antoni Rypuła

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Radosław Jędrak

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Wojciech Czech

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Piotr Seredyński

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Miłosz Ułamek

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Nikola Sakalus

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Hanna Sztwiertnia

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Aleksandra Wasińska

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Małgorzata Pietkiewicz

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Elżbieta Urbańska

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Elżbieta Białowąs

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Barbara Krawczyk

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Bożena Zagórna

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Sebastian Zagórny

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Piotr Filipiak

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Dariusz Dydacki

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Robert Dydacki

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Ireneusz Dydacki

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