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89MM OD EUROPY

Polish-French co-production. The Polish-Belarusian border in Brzesc. Wheels are replaced under the train carriages entering the territory of the former USSR, where the gauge is 89 mms wider. Two worlds meet at the platform: the western world of the train passengers and the eastern world of the Belarusian workers. The two groups are unable to understand each other.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
12'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Marcel Łoziński
SCRIPT:
Marcel Łoziński
DOP:
Jacek Petrycki, Artur Reinhart
EDITOR:
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
PRODUCTION:
Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Fundacja im. Stefana Batorego

Marcel Łoziński »

Born in 1940 in Paris. He earned his degree in Film Directing from Łódź Film School. He has made a number of excellent documentaries, which include The Visit (1974), Front Collision (1975), How to Live (1977), Microphone’s Test (1980), Practice Exercises (1984), Anything Can Happen (1995), So It Doesn’t Hurt (1998), How It’s Done (2006) and was nominated to the European Academy Award and American Oscar for his documentary film entitled 89 mm from Europe (1993). For the past four years he has been the head of the documentary programme at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.
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