Custody

^director Wiesław Saniewski
^screenplay Wiesław Saniewski
^{director of photography} Witold Adamek
^music Przemysław Gintrowski
^with Ewa Błaszczyk, Grażyna Szapołowska, Teresa Sawicka, Gabriela Kownacka, Justyna Kulczycka, Ewa Szykulska, Elżbieta Zającówna, Ewa Dałkowska
^awards
 FIPRESCI Prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, 1985
 Individual Prize, Bronze Lions for debut director and for cinematography and for Ewa Błaszczyk (Best Actress) at the 10th Polish Film Festival in Gdańsk, 1985
 Golden Film (Złota Taśma), prize awarded by the Writers Association SFP, 1984
 prize awarded by the Polish Association of Film Critics Club, the Don Quixote, 1984
 prize awarded by the Solidarność Independent Committee of Culture, 1985

WIESŁAW SANIEWSKI, CUSTODY. CONVERSATION WITH MACIEJ PAWLICKI AND PAWEŁ TOMCZYK [NADZÓR. ROZMOWA Z M. PAWLICKIM I P. TOMCZYKIEM], ‘TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY’, 1985, NO. 26

I stand up for prisoners because it is my duty as a film director to stand up for the weak, for those who have lost (… rest of article censored)

JERZY PŁAŻEWSKI, FUGUE ABOUT DIFFICULT MATERNITY [FUGA O TRUDNYM MACIERZYŃSTWIE], ‘RZECZPOSPOLITA’, 1985, NO. 37

Saniewski has made a woman sentenced to life in prison the central figure of his film (…) The prison film usually has two faces. It shows either a criticism of the penitentiary system or tells the story of a prisoner struggling to prove his or her innocence. Saniewski has the courage to follow neither of the well-tried recipes. (…) Here is a situation of existential dimensions: a prisoner gives birth to a child. The most interesting and moving theme is that of maternity. (…) The main role, on which the whole film depends, was entrusted to Ewa Błaszczyk. From the moment we learn that she expects a baby (…) we accept each of her deliberately inconsistent moves. This is a new significant and socially committed Polish film that emphasizes the need for respect for every human being.