Bohdan Kajan

Movies

The Zero Article
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An interventionist documentary showing the phenomenon of widespread prostitution, maintained in the style characteristic of the "black series" of Polish documentaries of the mid-1950s. Staged shots at the Polonia café are juxtaposed with a documentary recording of arrests conducted by the police among Warsaw prostitutes and interrogations of the arrested.
Peasant Diaries
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A film meant to show what people were told to believe about the wonderful lives that Polish peasants led in post-war Poland.
Peace Will Win
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This film describes the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw on November 16-22, 1950. Sheffield, an industrial city in England, was the initial location of the event, however, it was transferred to the capital of Poland at the very last moment.
Veit Stoss’ Masterpiece
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This documentary about St. Mary's Altar takes the viewer back to the 15th century, when Wit Stwosz, a master of woodcarving, came to Poland from Nuremberg. At the request of the City Council, he created an altar that is unmatched not only in Kraków.