‘Christianity Is About Being Present in Suffering,’ Director of New Film About St. Kolbe Says

'Christianity is about being present in suffering,' director of new film about St. Kolbe says

By Katarzyna Szalajko, OSV News WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe’s early life or missionary work, new film “Triumph of the Heart” opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell. From there, through flashbacks and intense chamber-drama scenes, the narrative reveals both his extraordinary sacrifice and the humanity that sustained it. “Triumph of the Heart,” premiering Aug. …

‘Christianity Is About Being Present in Suffering,’ Director of New Film About St. Kolbe Says

by Katarzyna Szalajko WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) – Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe’s early life or missionary work, new film “Triumph of the Heart” opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell. From there, through flashbacks and intense chamber-drama scenes, the narrative reveals both his extraordinary sacrifice and the humanity that sustained it. “Triumph of the Heart,” premiering Aug. 13 in Pola…

‘Triumph of the Heart’ Offers Tribute to the Heroic Witness of St. Maximilian Kolbe

Courtesy photo Marcin Kwasny in Triumph of the Heart (2025). FILM REVIEW: Father Kolbe died a martyr at 47 years old, executed on Aug. 14 and cremated there on Aug. 15, 1941, the Solemnity of the Assumption, a day honoring his beloved Our Lady.

'Christianity is about being present in suffering,' director of new film about St. Kolbe says - Catholic Review

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe’s early life or missionary work, new film “Triumph of the Heart” opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell. From there, through flashbacks and intense chamber-drama scenes, the narrative reveals both his extraordinary sacrifice and the humanity that sustained it. “Triumph of the Heart,” which premiered Aug. 13 in Poland, is set to arr…

“Christianity is about being present in suffering,” director of new film about St Kolbe says

Polish actor Marcin Kwasny portrays Polish Conventual Franciscan Father Maximilian Kolbe at the Nazis’ main Auschwitz concentration camp, where he died Aug. 14, 1941. The priest’s last moments are the core story of a new movie about him titled “Triumph of the Heart” by American filmmaker Anthony D’Ambrosio, which premiered Aug. 13, 2025, in Poland and is set to arrive in U.S. theaters Sept. 12. Father Kolbe was canonized in 1982. (OSV News photo…

'Triumph of the Heart' movie tells of martyred St. Maximilian Kolbe and how his story reveals sacrifice, humanity that sustained it - The Dialog

WARSAW, Poland — Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe’s early life or missionary work, new film “Triumph of the Heart” opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell. From there, through flashbacks and intense chamber-drama scenes, the narrative reveals both his extraordinary sacrifice and the humanity that sustained it. “Triumph of the Heart,” premiering Aug. 13 in Poland, is set to arrive in theaters …