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LAKE ’68

POLISH TITLE: PRZYSTANEK DŁUŻEK

In the early 1960s the Brodzkis, the Baumritters and the Burgins, three families of ideological communists of mostly Jewish origin who remained friends, decided to buy a plot of land at Dłużek lake on the outskirts of Mazury, Poland’s lake district, to build summer homes. They have been meeting there until today, bringing in new generations of their families but, as a result of 1968 events, some of them now come as emigrants. The documentary was made by Stanisław Brodzki’s daughter, who settled in Israel, as part of a new series entitled ‘Poland–Israel: A New Perspective’.

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
59'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Irit Shamgar
DOP:
Yossi Wein, Tomek Tarnawski
EDITOR:
Era Lapid, Moris Maman
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe TAK - Andrzej Titkow

Irit Shamgar »

Received a degree in Architecture from Haifa’s Polytechnic and in Film from Tel Aviv University. She works as a journalist and film critic for Maariv newspaper. She has advised on many film events including the Haifa International Film Festival and the Cuban Film Week. She is an expert of the Israel-America Foundation and a teacher. Together with Oshra Schwartz she has been awarded at the film festival in Tiberias for the script entitled A Monk from Galilee. Lake ’68 is her debut as a director.