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Warsaw: A City Divided (2019)

The Nazi destruction of a European city

Genre : Documentary, History

Runtime : 1H 11M

Director : Eric Bednarski

Synopsis

The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.

Actors

Krystyna Budnicka
Krystyna Budnicka
Self - Ghetto Inhabitant
Zygmunt Walkowski
Zygmunt Walkowski
Self - Photographer
Józef Hen
Józef Hen
Self - Writer
Irena Agata Bołdok
Irena Agata Bołdok
Self - Ghetto Inhabitant
Niels Gutschow
Niels Gutschow
Self - Architecture Historian
Aleksandra Polisiewicz
Aleksandra Polisiewicz
Self - Artist
Michael Schudrich
Michael Schudrich
Self - Chief Rabbi of Poland
Eleonora Bergman
Eleonora Bergman
Self - Architecture Historian
Jakub Szczęsny
Jakub Szczęsny
Self - Architect
Beata Chomątowska
Beata Chomątowska
Self - Writer
Adam Bauman
Adam Bauman
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Justyna Gardzińska
Justyna Gardzińska
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Jarosław Łukomski
Jarosław Łukomski
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Israel Gutman
Israel Gutman
Self - Historian (archive footage)

Crews

Eric Bednarski
Eric Bednarski
Director
Dorota Przyłubska
Dorota Przyłubska
Producer
Eric Bednarski
Eric Bednarski
Writer
Jacek Petrycki
Jacek Petrycki
Director of Photography
Jerzy Rudziński
Jerzy Rudziński
Additional Photography
Magda Kowalczyk
Magda Kowalczyk
Additional Photography
Miłosz Hermanowicz
Miłosz Hermanowicz
Editor
Stefan Ronowicz
Stefan Ronowicz
Editor
Daniel Bloom
Daniel Bloom
Original Music Composer
Dariusz Wancerz
Dariusz Wancerz
Sound Recordist
Dariusz Wancerz
Dariusz Wancerz
Sound Editor
Mariusz Bielecki
Mariusz Bielecki
Sound Recordist
Dariusz Kopcinski
Dariusz Kopcinski
Sound Recordist
Eric Bednarski
Eric Bednarski
Co-Producer
Wojciech Frączek
Wojciech Frączek
Producer

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