Jan Ołdakowski Piotr C. Śliwowski Joanna Pawluśkiewicz
Opis filmu
WARSAW UPRISING (Powstanie Warszawskie) by Jan Komasa ("Miasto 44"/"Warsaw 44"), first ever film whose plot was constructed entirely out of documentary footage, will tak place on Tuesday, 9th of June, 8.30 P.M. The movie will be screened in Polish with English subtitles. “Warsaw Uprising” is a film made entirely from documentary materials of the original chronicles. It tells the story of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 through the eyes of a US airman, escaper from the Nazi Stalag camp and two young reporters, cameramen for the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Polish Home Army. Their mission: documenting the Uprising by shooting newsreels for the “Palladium” cinema. Looking for the right shots, they go deeper and deeper – literally and figuratively – into the heart of the Uprising. Traumatic truth becomes obvious. Aware of being witnesses of indescribable events, they realize their duties: to document them and preserve the rolls of film at any cost… Warsaw Uprising is made up of selected fragments of 6 hours of original footage filmed in August 1944 by a crew from the Bureau of Information and Propaganda (BIP) of the Headquarters of the Home Army. The identifying and organising of this expansive material that preceded the editing required the work of a group of historians. Every single frame had to be described in detail, according to the place where it was shot, who was present in it, etc. What proved especially valuable was the identification of the names of approximately 30 of the protagonists. TICKETS: 16 zł
