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Birthplace (1992)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 47M

Director : Paweł Łoziński

Synopsis

Henryk Greenberg is a Polish-born American who lost much of his family in the Holocaust. Certain of the location where his father and younger brother were murdered, Greenberg returns to find most of his former neighbors predictably claiming foggy memories at first; but soon their recollections come more easily.

Actors

Henryk Grynberg
Henryk Grynberg
Himself

Crews

Paweł Łoziński
Paweł Łoziński
Director
Paweł Łoziński
Paweł Łoziński
Writer
Artur Reinhart
Artur Reinhart
Director of Photography
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
Editor
Adam Pietruszewski
Adam Pietruszewski
Production Manager
Anna Wojdat
Anna Wojdat
Production Manager
Mariusz Kuczynski
Mariusz Kuczynski
Sound
Joanna Napieralska
Joanna Napieralska
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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