RADEGAST

Lucille Eichengreen, a survivor from the Jewish ghetto, comes to visit after many years the same, almost unchanged, places, streets and homes. By means of modern and old photographs, reports of witnesses and authentic speeches of Chaim Rumkowski, the Łódź ghetto Judenrat leader, the film director together with the script author Andrzej Bart are trying to gain an insight into the reality of that time but do not dare to judge it.

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
50'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Borys Lankosz
DOP:
Borys Lankosz, Aleksander Czernow, Karolina Pająk
EDITOR:
Wojciech Anuszczyk
PRODUCTION:
TVP S.A.

Borys Lankosz »

Born in 1973 in Krakow. A graduale of the Faculty of Directing at the Lodz Film School. His Evolution (2001) received the Golden Gate award at the festival in San Francisco and the Silver Dragon and Bronze Hobby Horse at the 42ndKrakow Film Festival; he also won at the festival in Dubrovnik. The film Poles, Poles (2002) was qualified for festivals in: Leipzig, Rome and Guangzhou. The documentary Kurc (2005) was nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the festival in Biarritz and won at the Film Festival in Cieszyn. Lankosz is the author of From a Different Perspective, a documentary series shot in Iran, France and China, and of the film Alien VI (2007), made as part of the 30 minutes project.
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