2014, 92 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
MAGDALENA ŁAZARKIEWICZ
Script/Scenariusz
MAGDALENA ŁAZARKIEWICZ, DOMINIK W. RETTINGER
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
WOJCIECH TODOROW
Art Direction/Scenografia
KATARZYNA SOBAŃSKA
Music/Muzyka
ANTONI KOMASA- ŁAZARKIEWICZ
Editing/Montaż
ANDRZEJ KOWALSKI
Sound/Dźwięk
STANISŁAW KOLENDA, MARCIN EJSMUND
Produced by/Produkcja
TVP, NARODOWY INSTYTUT AUDIOWIZALNY
THE CHIMNEY POT
Cast/Obsada
Łukasz Simlat (Daniel and Jan Karski), Julia Kijowska (Olga), Piotr Głowacki (director Luk), Dariusz Toczek (editor Jarek), Rafał Mohr (producer), Bartłomiej Topa (Szmul Zygielbojm), Marek Kalita (Leon Feiner), Marcin Bosak (Menachem Kirszenbaum)
Docudrama about Jan Karski (1914-2000), a WWII Polish resistance fighter and a herois courier for the Polish Underground who in 1942-43 informed the Polish Government in Exile in London and the western Allied governments about the extermination of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and in the Nazi extermination camps situated on a territory of Poland. It’s an assemblage of contemporary narration with scenes from Karski’s life and actions, including archival footage. The modern part involves two filmmakers who under pressure of time work on a docudrama about Karski. The historical part consists of the scenes staged by actors who recreate episodes from the life of Karski for a need of the film: interrogation in Nowy Sacz, visit to the Warsaw Ghetto, meeting with Szmul Zygielbojm in London. Making of the film enables a discourse about the protagonist’s dilemmas and moral choices and their significance to young generation in forming its attitude towars the modern world.
MAGDALENA ŁAZARKIEWICZ
Born in Warsaw in 1954. Director and screenwriter, theatre director. Graduate of Cultural Studies from the University of Wrocław and of Film Directing from the Silesia University in Katowice. Winner of several awards at various film festivals. Since 2011 Art Director of International Film Festival “Jewish Motifs” in Warsaw. Member of Polish Film Academy.
Filmography
2014 Karski
2014 Dis-Apperance (Nie-obecność) – documentary
2011-13 Deep Water (Głęboka woda) – TV series
2010 Dance Marathon (Maraton tańca)
2007 The Outfit (Ekipa) – TV series
2001-02 Dreams of Fulfill (Marzenia do spełnienia) – TV series
1999 At the Edge of the World (Na końcu świata)
1997 The Second Riverbank (Drugi brzeg)
1995 Departure (Odjazd) – TV series
1992 White Marriage (Białe małżeństwo)
1991 Departure (Odjazd)
1989 The Last Bell (Ostatani dzwonek)
1985 By Touch (Przez dotyk)
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