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A reconstruction of the Kielce pogrom of 1946, which claimed the lives of 42 Holocaust survivors quartered in a home for displaced persons, and left a further 40 seriously injured. Shot illegally on Super 8, this underground film broke one of the best-observed taboos of the Polish People’s Republic.
ŚWIADKOWIE / DIE ZEUGEN
POL 1986 / 26 min
Language: Polish
Director: Marcel Łoziński
  • Screenplay: Marcel Łoziński
  • Cinematographer: Jacek Petrycki
  • Editor: Marcel Łoziński
  • Music: Danuta Zankowska
  • Production Company: Videonowa
  • World Sales: Polish Television
A reconstruction of the Kielce pogrom of 1946, which claimed the lives of 42 Holocaust survivors quartered in a home for displaced persons, and left a further 40 seriously injured. Shot illegally on Super 8, this underground film broke one of the best-observed taboos of the Polish People’s Republic.
  • Screenplay: Marcel Łoziński
  • Cinematographer: Jacek Petrycki
  • Editor: Marcel Łoziński
  • Music: Danuta Zankowska
  • Production Company: Videonowa
  • World Sales: Polish Television