The film tells the story of the Jewish Military Union. The film shows for the first time this formation, which, despite its modest size (about 400-450 people), was the largest combat force in the ghetto. It is only in recent years that publications on this subject have appeared. The Jewish Military Union maintained intensive relations with the Polish independence underground. The film uses film interviews with Union’s soldiers, such as: Ziuta Hartman, Dawid Landau, Józef Grynblatt and Fela Finkelsztein, available in world archives. Their testimonies are supplemented by the opinions of researchers from Polish, Israel and France.
JOLANTA KESSLER
Born in 1952 in Warsaw. Film director, screenwriter and journalist. In the 1980s worked for Radio Free Europe.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2023 Two Flags (Dwie flagi)
2019 Tales of the Rodowicz (Opowiesci Rodowiczow po kadzieli i po mieczu)
2017 Lawyer in the Times of Lawlessness (Prawnik w czasach bezprawia)
2014 Games for Freedom. Rescued Tapes (Gra o wolnosc. Ocalone tasmy)
2013 Confidant of Pilsudski (Zaufany Pilsudskiego)
2008 Piece of Hell in Podolia (Skrawek piekla na Podolu)
2007 Casimir Pulaski: Hero of Two Nations (Kazimierz Pulaski. Bohater dwoch narodow)
2006 “Solidarity” Weekly (Tygodnik “Solidarnosc”)
2005 World and Solidarity (Swiat i Solidarnosc)
2004 Pseudonym Jan Nowak (Pseudonim Jan Nowak)
Thursday 11/16/23 7:00 pm.
Gallery Theatre
(1112 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago)
2023, 65 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
Direction/Reżyseria
JOLANTA KESSLER
Script/Scenariusz
JOLANTA KESSLER
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
JACEK KNOPP
Music/Muzyka
MICHAŁ LORENC
Editing/Montaż
JACEK KNOPP
Sound/Dźwięk
WŁODZIMIERZ MIKULSKI
Produced by/Produkcja
WARSAW GHETTO MUSEUM
Producer/Producent
MIROSŁAW CHOJECKI,
PIOTR WEYCHERT
