WARSAW: A CITY DIVIDED
Documentary Film | Poland | 70 min | 2019
The creation of the Warsaw Ghetto as seen from both sides of the Ghetto wall, and its legacy in today’s city. New light on a tragic time of division, destruction and mass murder, incorporating unknown amateur Polish 8mm found footage and survivor testimony.
In 1941 soon after the creation of the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis, a Polish amateur filmmaker shot a remarkable 10-minute 8mm film from both sides of the Ghetto walls. This never before seen footage is woven into Eric Bednarski's Warsaw: A City Divided, acting as a silent witness to the tragedy of the wartime division of the city and the murder of its inhabitants. Ghetto survivors and witnesses recount their extraordinary memories, while architects and urban-historians examine the chilling Nazi vision for Warsaw. By interweaving rich material from the past with glimpses of present-day Warsaw, both its human face and its urban fabric, Warsaw: A City Divided affirms the importance – and the difficulty – of remembering.
THE TEAM
Eric Bednarski
Dorota Przyłubska
Jacek Petrycki, PSC
Jerzy Rudziński
Magda Kowalczyk
Miłosz Hermanowicz
Stefan Ronowicz
Daniel Bloom
Dariusz Wancerz
Mariusz Bielecki
Dariusz Kopciński
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER/DOP
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITOR
EDITOR
RIGINAL MUSIC/COMPOSER
SOUND EDITOR, RECORDIST
SOUND RECORDIST
(1958-2017) SOUND RECORDIST
CO-PRODUCED BY
The Mazovia Institute of Culture, The Adam Mickiewicz Institute / Culture.pl, TVP, Pado Studio Film, Eric Bednarski
A Polish Film Institute Co-financed Production
Developed in association with the National Film Board of Canada