White Courage

White Courage is a 2024 Polish war drama film directed by Marcin Koszałka from a screenplay he wrote with Łukasz M. Maciejewski. Set at the end of 1930s in Podhale, it stars Filip Pławiak and Julian Świeżewski as brothers who come into conflict after the death of their father.
The film was theatrically released in Poland in 8 March 2024. At the 2025 Polish Film Awards, the film led with fifteen nominations and won two awards: Best Actor for Pławiak and Best Supporting Actor for Świeżewski.

Cast

Filip Pławiak as Jędrek Zawrat
Julian Świeżewski as Maciek Zawrat
Sandra Drzymalska as Bronka Wetula
Adam Woronowicz as UB officer
Jakub Gierszał as Wolfram von Kamitz
Andrzej Pieczyński as Jędrek and Maciek's grandfather
Marcin Bosak as Opler
Wiktoria Gorodeckaja as Helena
Nikodem Marecki as Bronka's brother

Production

In July 2020, it was reported that the project received a production grant from the Polish Film Institute. The project was presented at the Polish Days during the 2023 New Horizons Film Festival.

Release

White Courage was released theatrically in Poland on 8 March 2024. It garnered more than 273,000 admissions during its theatrical run and became the 27th highest-grossing film of the year in Poland. It competed for the Golden Atlas at the 2024 Arras Film Festival. The film competed at the Directors' Debuts section at the 32nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage.

Miniseries

The three-episode miniseries of the same name was released on Amazon Prime Video on 24 May 2024. It featured scenes cut from the theatrical version.