Edges of the Lord is a 2001 film

2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 set in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 that depicts a Jewish

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 boy (Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing Tom Hanks' title character’s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M...

) who is hidden from the occupying Germans by posing as the Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 nephew of a local farmer (Olaf Lubaszenko

Olaf Lubaszenko

Olaf Lubaszenko is a Polish actor and movie director.- Dubbing :* Cziłała z Beverly Hills 2 as Delgado* Cziłała z Beverly Hills as Delgado...

), with the aid of a compassionate priest (Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...

).

Cast

• Haley Joel Osment
  Haley Joel Osment
  Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing Tom Hanks' title character’s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M...
  
   ... Romek
• Willem Dafoe
  Willem Dafoe
  Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
  
   ... Priest
• Richard Banel ... Vladek
• Liam Hess
  Liam Hess
  Liam Hess is a British actor.He is most famous for playing Louis Fairhead in the prime-time BBC TV show Casualty...
  
   ... Tolo
• Olaf Lubaszenko
  Olaf Lubaszenko
  Olaf Lubaszenko is a Polish actor and movie director.- Dubbing :* Cziłała z Beverly Hills 2 as Delgado* Cziłała z Beverly Hills as Delgado...
  
   ... Gniecio
• Malgorzata Foremniak
  Malgorzata Foremniak
  Małgorzata Foremniak is a Polish actress. She is starring in the Polish TV series Na dobre i na złe and has played the role of Ash in Avalon. She took part in Taniec z gwiazdami on TVN. She is now a judge in Polish edition of Got Talent, called Mam talent!.- External links :...
  
   ... Manka
• Andrzej Grabowski
  Andrzej Grabowski
  Andrzej Grabowski is a Polish actor and comedian, best known for playing the role of Ferdynand Kiepski in the TV series Świat według Kiepskich....
  
   ... Kluba
• Chiril Vahonin ... Robal
• Olga Frycz ... Maria
• Eugene Osment ... German Officer at Batylin Field
• Krzysztof Pieczyński ... German Officer at Trains

Release

The film had a general release in many countries, although it was not released in the United States

United States

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. A review in Variety predicted that because the film was shot in English

English language

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, with many of the actors speaking with Polish accents, it would quickly go to video and TV. The DVD release of the film in the US came out in 2005.