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MARIA AND ANNA

POLISH TITLE: MARIA I ANNA

Maria Dworzecka,who is now a professor of physics in the USA, during World War II was saved from the
ghetto thanks to the assistance provided by several Polish families. She reciprocated after many years
when, as an emigrant, in 1980s she adopted a girl named Ania from one of Warsaw’s children’s homes.
In this document Maria talks about her life walking around the places she finds important.

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
30'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jacek Knopp
DOP:
Jacek Knopp
EDITOR:
Zbigniew Osęka-Osiński, Bogdan Saganowski
PRODUCTION:
Wytwórnia Filmowa CZOŁÓWKA, TVP 2 S.A.

Jacek Knopp »

Born in 1964. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. Member of Polish Association of Filmmakers. He has been a director of photography of over 80 documentary films and 10 fiction films, he has directed television programmes, advertising and documentary films, among them being "Landscape Before Silence" (1996), "Touch Me" (1999), "Life on the Edge of Creation" (2001), "Faith, Hope, Love" (2002), "Maria and Anna" (2008).